automatic picture-transmission system

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automatic picture-transmission system [¦ȯd·ə¦mad·ik ′pik·chər tranz′mish·ən ‚sis·təm]

(electronics)

A system in which a meteorological satellite continuously scans and transmits a view of a transverse swath directly beneath it; transmissions can be recorded by simple ground equipment to reconstruct an image of the cloud patterns within a thousand kilometers of the ground station. Abbreviated APT system.

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