An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
TELEMETER
telemeter
(noun) any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
telemeter (plural telemeters)
Any measuring device used in telemetry.
A device used for rangefinding, especially of military targets.
Verb
telemeter (third-person singular simple present telemeters, present participle telemetering, simple past and past participle telemetered)
(transitive) To transmit by telemetry.
Anagrams
• telemetre
Source: Wiktionary
Te*lem"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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