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nounthermal imaging (uncountable)
- uncountablenatural sciencesSynonym of thermography.
Thermal imaging cameras give drones the ability to operate by day or night. [...] On this occasion, using a normal visual camera plus a thermal imaging one, we used a drone to 'sweep' the track, looking for any trespassers that were immediately apparent.
2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, pages 50, 51Synonyms: thermography
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nounSynonym of thermography.
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