"remote sensing" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sciences Translations (gaining information about an object without coming in direct contact with it): 遙測 /遥测 (yáocè) (Chinese Mandarin), 遙感 /遥感 (yáogǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), etähavainnointi (Finnish), kaukokartoitus (Finnish), télédétection [feminine] (French), Fernerkundung [feminine] (German), τηλεπισκόπηση (tilepiskópisi) [feminine] (Greek), τηλεανίχνευση (tileaníchnefsi) [feminine] (Greek), távérzékelés (Hungarian), penginderaan jauh (Indonesian), indraja (Indonesian), ꦢꦸꦫꦮꦫꦫꦱ (durawararasa) (Javanese), penderiaan jauh (Malay), sensoriamento remoto [masculine] (Portuguese), deteção remota [feminine] (Portuguese), дистанционное зондирование Земли (distancionnoje zondirovanije Zemli) [neuter] (Russian), teledetección [feminine] (Spanish), viễn thám (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-remote_sensing-en-noun-RI390JRM Topics: sciences Disambiguation of 'gaining information about an object without coming in direct contact with it': 73 27
  2. (parapsychology) Remote viewing. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Parapsychology
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