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odometer |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Odometer \O*dom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, an instrument for measuring distances; ? way + ? measure: cf F. odom[`e]tre, hodom[`e]tre.] An instrument attached to a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed. -- {Od`o*met"ric*al}, a. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Odometer \O*dom"e*ter\ ([-o]*d[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n. [Gr. 'odo`metron, 'odo`metros, an instrument for measuring distance; 'odo`s way + me`tron measure: cf F. odom['e]tre, hodom['e]tre.] An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: odometer n : a meter that shows mileage traversed [syn: {hodometer}, {mileometer}, {milometer}]
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