ODOMETER

odometer, hodometer, mileometer, milometer

(noun) a meter that shows mileage traversed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

odometer (plural odometers)

An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traveled.

A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.

Anagrams

• odometre

Source: Wiktionary


O*dom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. odométre, hodométre.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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