remote sensing

English

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Noun

remote sensing (uncountable)

1. (sciences) The capability to gain information about an object without coming in direct contact with it, for example via satellite imaging or thermal imaging.
2. (parapsychology) Remote viewing.

Translations

gaining information about an object without coming in direct contact with it

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遙測 / 遥测 (zh) (yáocè), 遙感 / 遥感 (zh) (yáogǎn)

• Finnish: etähavainnointi, kaukokartoitus (fi)
• French: télédétection (fr) f
• German: Fernerkundung f
• Greek: τηλεπισκόπηση (el) f (tilepiskópisi), τηλεανίχνευση (el) f (tileaníchnefsi)
• Hungarian: távérzékelés (hu)
• Indonesian: penginderaan jauh, indraja
• Japanese: リモートセンシング (rimōto senshingu)
• Javanese: ꦢꦸꦫꦮꦫꦫꦱ (durawararasa)
• Malay: penderiaan jauh
• Portuguese: sensoriamento remoto m, deteção remota f
• Russian: дистанционное зондирование Земли n (distancionnoje zondirovanije Zemli)
• Spanish: teledetección f
• Vietnamese: viễn thám (vi)

remote viewing — see remote viewing