te·lem·e·try (t -l m  -tr )
n.
The science and technology of automatic measurement and transmission of data by wire, radio, or other means from remote sources, as from space vehicles, to receiving stations for recording and analysis.
tel
 e·metric (tl-mtrk), tele·metri·cal (-r-kl) adj.
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e·metri·cal·ly adv. |
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Perhaps by the time Gretchen is "old and gray and nodding by the fire" (from a Wordsworth sonnet), scientists will have figured out how to use telemetric signals to operate wheelchairs and make milkshakes.
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