Telethermometer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Telethermometer \Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? far off + E.
     thermometer.] (Physics)
     An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant
     point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  telethermometer
       n : a thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant
           point