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Word Parts List 7
TELE means FAR
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| telephone | an instrument for producing sounds at a distance |
| television | an instrument for receiving electrical waves from a distance and changing them into pictures and sounds |
| telescope | an instrument for looking at very distant objects |
| telegram | a message sent over distance by coded signals |
| telepathy | communication from one mind to another through "extrasensory" means -- sending thoughts or feelings directly into someone's mind from yours, or knowing what they are thinking |
| teleconference | a meeting of several people who are in different, distant places by using telephones or computers |
| telephoto | a lens system that makes far-away things look closer |
| telemetry | sending information over a distance by machines |
| telemeter | an instrument for measuring the distance of an object from the observer; an instrument to send measurements over a distance |