telautogramA message transmitted and recorded by telautograph.
telautographAn analogue precursor to the fax machine, transmitting electrical impulses recorded by potentiometers to servomechanisms attached to a pen at the receiving station, thus reproducing a drawing or signature made by the sender.
telecatalogueA catalogue published by means of a telecommunication network.
telecentreA place where members of the public may access personal computers (and other digital equipment) and the Internet, in order to acquire or improve skills.
telecentricRelating to a compound lens which has its entrance or exit pupil at infinity; in the prior case, this produces an orthographic view of the subject
telecheckA check (financial instrument) that is not written out and signed by the drawer, but verbally authorized over the telephone and then printed and stamped by the payee.
telechelicDescribing any polymer that has functional groups as its end-groups.
telechirA robotic arm controlled by a human and offering a telepresence environment.
telecodeA numerical encoding of a Tibetan word or phrase, used in CIA espionage.
telecoilA coil of wire included within hearing aids and cochlear implants that responds to electromagnetic signals usually generated by an induction loop.
telecollaborationCollaboration by remote participants by means of telecommunication or computer networks.
telecommunicatorOne who answers telephone calls for the emergency services.
telecommuteTo work from home, sometimes for part of a working day or week, using a computer connected to one's employer's network or via the Internet.
telecommuterSomeone who telecommutes, using a computer connected to an employer's network or via the Internet.
telecommutingThe practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.
telecomputerA proposed device combining the functions of a computer and a television, telegraph, telephone, teleporter or telecommunicator.
telecomputingComputing that utilises a large network such that distant users can communicate with each other (especially prior to the Internet).
telecontrolTo control remotely by means of a telecontroller.
telecontrollerAn industrial device that controls equipment from a distance.
teleconventionA convention that is broadcast by means of television.
teleconversationConversation taking place over a telephone or other means of telecommunication such as a computer network.
teleconversionThe enlargement of an image achieved with a teleconverter lens.
teleconverterA secondary lens mounted between the camera and a photographic lens so as to enlarge the central part of an image obtained by the objective lens.
teledentistryThe use of information technology and telecommunications for dental primary care, consultation, education, and public awareness in the same manner as telehealth and telemedicine.