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telestation en · NOUN

Etymology

From tele- + station.

Meanings

1. (rare) A remote facility that sends telemetry or other data to a central facility
   • It is planning to use the rainfall data obtained from these telestations […] 1995, Franklin Y. Cheng, Urban disaster mitigation: the role of engineering and technology:
   • With the assistance of the Greenland Technical Organisation's telestations, snow samples were collected from various localities in Greenland […] 1968, Danish Atomic Energy Commission, Annual report:
   • From the ward, the nurses communicate with the HIS through a telestation. 1992, Rudi van de Velde, Hospital information systems: the next generation:

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