televiewer
nounEtymology From tele- + viewer.
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Rare A person who watches television.
- This article deals with the comparative psychology of the cinegoer and the televiewer.1991, Jacques Kermabon, Kumar Shahani, Cinema And Televisions, →ISBN, page 87:
- Consequently, the televiewer sees with her own eyes what is seen by another eye.2001, Hent de Vries, Samuel Weber, Religion and Media, →ISBN, page 226:
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An acoustic scanner that generates images of a borehole wall by transmitting ultrasound pulses from a rotating sensor and recording the amplitude and travel time of the signals.
- In order to determine the orientation of permeable joint zones, the evaluation of the borehole televiewer data allows a precise measurement of the planar discontinuities at the borehole wall.1992, J. C. Bresee, Geothermal Energy in Europe: The Soultz Hot Dry Rock Project, →ISBN:
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A device for viewing things remotely, along the lines of a television.