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Definition of remote sensing noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

remote sensing

noun

/rɪˌməʊt ˈsensɪŋ/

/rɪˌməʊt ˈsensɪŋ/

[uncountable]

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the use of satellites to search for and collect information about the earth

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