odometer

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a meter that shows mileage traversedSynonyms: hodometermileometermilometer
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. See also hodometer.] An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the distance traversed. [1913 Webster]

2.A hodometer. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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