遥感 (yáo gǎn) — remote sensing | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

remote sensing

Examples

遥感。
yáo gǎn Jì shù guǎng fàn yìng yòng yú qì xiàng yù cè.
Remote sensing technology is widely used in weather forecasting.
遥感。
Wèi xīng yáo gǎn kě yǐ jiān cè sēn lín huǒ zāi.
Satellite remote sensing can monitor forest fires.
遥感。
Tā men lì yòng yáo gǎn huò qǔ le gāo fēn biàn lǜ tú xiàng.
They used remote sensing to obtain high-resolution images.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

感gǎnsensing

遥 and 感 combine to mean sensing from a distance.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

咸心感

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

咸

咸xián感gǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

Appears in

Technology & Engineering Science (General)

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