An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, relay, equilibrator, and an induction coil the sparks from which perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image. It is now (1999) obsolete, having been replaced by telefax and internet transmission of images.

The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.

same as Telugu.

An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior.

the ability to move objects by means of thought alone, without physical means; -- an ability claimed by certain persons, such as mediums.

Of or pertaining to transmission, as of music, to a distance by electricity.

Any apparatus for making distant objects visible by the aid of electric transmission.

The son of Odysseus and Penelope, as told in Homer's Oddysey.

the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion; calling potential customers by telephone for the purpose of selling something; -- applied especially to calls made to persons who have not previously contacted the seller.

Designating, or pert. to, any device for operating mechanisms at a distance.

Any apparatus recording meteorological phenomena at a distance from the measuring apparatus, as by electricity or by compressed air; esp., an apparatus recording conditions at many distant stations at a central office.

An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.

A combination of the camera lucida and telescope for drawing and measuring distant objects.

The science or process of making remote measurements and sending the data by radio; the use of a telemeter.

A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern.

the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus.

Display of force or energy at a distance, or without contact; now more commonly called telekinesis; -- applied to mediumistic phenomena.

An instrument of such focal length that it may be used as an observing telescope for objects close at hand or as a long-focused microscope.

An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.

Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.

One versed in teleology.

The doctrine of the final causes of things the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.

Same as Gonotheca.

Vital; as, teleorganic functions.

Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebrae.

A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.

One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to the teleosts. A teleostean fish.

A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.

An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.

Having tissued composed of cells.

A metazoan.

The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

A message by a telephone.

To convey or announce by telephone.

Conveying sound to a great distance.

By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.

The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.

A telelectric apparatus for producing images of visible objects at a distance.

of or relating to photography with a telephoto lens.

a telephoto lens.

a special compound camera lens with a long effective focal length but used in a camera with a short focal length, allowing large images to be obtained of distant objects when used in a camera in place of an ordinary lens; -- called also telephotographic lens.

a photograph transmitted and reproduced by telephotography.

Designating, or pertaining to, the process of telephotography.

The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.

A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope.

A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series of erythrin compounds.

Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, a telescope bag; telescope table, etc.; -- now more commonly replaced by the term telescoping.

Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.

In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.

Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of sections or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, telescoping tripod legs; a telescoping table, etc.; -- a term replacing the formerly used telescope.

One who uses a telescope.

The art or practice of using or making telescopes.

A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument.

A system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a definite number of different signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators.

A kind of amulet or magical charm.

Of or pertaining to telesms; magical.

A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars.

An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph.

A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.

A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic.

A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station. An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.

An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.

The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer. See Illust. of Uredospore.

Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.

To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement.

Of or pertaining to telharmonium.

An instrument for producing music (Tel*har"mo*ny [/]), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone, but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency of alternation of current.

Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See Ecbatic.

A hill or mound.

Capable of being told.

Any species of Tellina.

One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.

The office or employment of a teller.

A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.

Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.

One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.

Of or pertaining to the earth.

A salt of telluric acid.

A telluride.

Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.

A dweller on the earth.

Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.

A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.

An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.

A salt of tellurous acid.

A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.

To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.

Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.

Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.

See Telugu.

An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.

Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids.

An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.

A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.

Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.

An earthquake.

Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.

Temerity.

Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.

Temerarious.

Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.

To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.

A mode or process of painting; distemper.

Capable of being tempered.

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.

Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

Temperance.

To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

In a temperate manner.

The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.

Having power to temper.

Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.

One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.

The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil.