Teleseme, tel′ē-sēm, n. a system of electric signalling for the automatic transmission of different signals, in use in large hotels, for police alarms, &c. [Gr. tēle, far, sēma, a sign.]

Telesia, tē-lē′si-a, n. the sapphire. [Gr. telesios, finishing—telos, the end.]

Telespectroscope, tel-ē-spek′trō-skōp, n. a combined astronomical telescope and spectroscope.

Telestereoscope, tel-ē-ster′ē-ō-skōp, n. an optical instrument presenting distant objects in relief.

Telestic, tē-les′tik, adj. pertaining to the final end. [Gr. telos, an end.]

Telestich, tel′ē-stik, n. a poem in which the final letters of the lines make a name.

Telethermograph, tel-ē-ther′mō-graf, n. a self-registering telethermometer.

Telethermometer, tel-ē-ther-mom′e-tėr, n. thermometer that records its temperature at a distance.

Teleutospore, tē-lū′tō-spōr, n. a thick-walled winter spore of the rust-fungi (Uredineæ), producing on germination a promycelium. [Gr. teleutē completion, spora, seed.]

Telic, tel′ik; adj. denoting a final end or purpose.