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What (who) is Odometer - definition

INSTRUMENT THAT INDICATES DISTANCE TRAVELED BY A VEHICLE
Trip recorder; Mileometer; Trip meter; Milometer; Trip odometer; Odograph; Tripometer; Mileage counter; Odometers; Mile counter; Odometre; Milage Counter
  • A [[Han Dynasty]] stone rubbing of a horse-drawn odometer cart.
  • Hero]]'s odometer, 1st century AD, Alexandria, [[Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum]]
  • A [[Hubodometer]] on a wheel of a semitrailer
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  • A Smiths speedometer from the 1920s showing odometer and trip meter.

Odometer         
·noun 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.
II. Odometer ·add. ·noun An instrument attached to a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.
odometer         
(odometers)
An odometer is a device in a vehicle which shows how far the vehicle has travelled. (mainly AM)
N-COUNT
odometer         
[??'d?m?t?]
¦ noun an instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a wheeled vehicle.
Origin
C18: from Fr. odometre, from Gk hodos 'way' + -meter.

Wikipedia

Odometer

An odometer or odograph is an instrument used for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle, such as a bicycle or car. The device may be electronic, mechanical, or a combination of the two (electromechanical). The noun derives from ancient Greek ὁδόμετρον, hodómetron, from ὁδός, hodós ("path" or "gateway") and μέτρον, métron ("measure"). Early forms of the odometer existed in the ancient Greco-Roman world as well as in ancient China. In countries using Imperial units or US customary units it is sometimes called a mileometer or milometer, the former name especially being prevalent in the United Kingdom and among members of the Commonwealth.

Examples of use of Odometer
1. That mental odometer gave a certain satisfaction.
2. Following the directions, we drove through sage–covered mesa, matching odometer readings to unmarked dirt roads.
3. They also forged the odometer reading, reducing the number of kilometers it showed, he said.
4. We zeroed the trip odometer and hit the road aggressively and loudly, by which we don‘t mean cursing out other drivers.
5. A meter in each car will pinpoint its location via a satellite–positioning beacon, then use the car‘s odometer to measure distances driven within the state‘s boundaries.