Meaning & use
telematics system
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Meanings
nouncountabletechnical
A computer system that collects and sends data from vehicles or machines over a network.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a telematics system' or 'two telematics systems'.
Patterns
- a telematics system for something
- install a telematics system
- data from a telematics system
The delivery company installed a telematics system to track fuel use across its vans.
Insurance firms often use a telematics system to see how safely someone drives.
Data from the telematics system showed that the truck had braked suddenly.
noununcountabletechnical
The branch of technology that combines computing with long-distance communication, especially for vehicles and machines.
Grammar: Uncountable when it names the field of study or industry: 'a degree in telematics system' is wrong; say 'a degree in telematics'.
Patterns
- the field of telematics
- advances in telematics
She works in telematics, designing software that links buses to a central control room.
Advances in telematics have made it easier to monitor farm equipment remotely.
Word forms
| plural | telematics systems |
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Common combinations
- install a telematics system
- The fleet manager decided to install a telematics system in every new car.
- telematics data
- Telematics data can reveal where a driver speeds most often.
- a telematics device
- A small telematics device under the dashboard sends the information.
- the telematics industry
- The telematics industry has grown quickly with cheaper mobile networks.
Synonyms and how they differ
- tracking system
- More general and everyday; it may only locate a vehicle, while a telematics system also gathers and sends other data.
- fleet management system
- Focuses on organizing many vehicles for a business; telematics system stresses the technology itself.
Word family
- telematics noun
- The field or technology that such a system is part of.
- telematic adjective
- Relating to telematics, as in 'telematic services'.
Commonly confused: telematics system or telemetry?
telematics system vs telemetry
Telemetry is the general sending of measurements from far away; telematics specifically combines telecommunications with computing, often in vehicles.
Practice
The shipping company uses a _____ to monitor its trucks in real time.
Choose one answer.
'A telematics system' fits because the sentence already has 'a' before the blank, so the noun phrase must be singular and without another article. 'Telematics systems' is plural and would need no article, while 'a telematics system' repeats the article.
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