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speedometer [spɪˈdɒmɪtə] n (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a device fitted to a vehicle to measure and display the speed of travel See also mileometer
speedometer an instrument that records the speed of a vehicle in motion for the driver of the vehicle. See also: Instruments
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Translations speedometer n → Geschwindigkeitsmesser m, → Tachometer m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Not until their lights were no longer discernible did I venture to flash my little lamp upon my compass, and then I found to my consternation that a fragment of the projectile had utterly destroyed my only guide, as well as my speedometer. That and the speedometer were both on my side of the cabin, and as I turned to take a reading from the former I could see Perry muttering. Gazing at the clouds, now far beneath, the girl experienced the sensation of hanging stationary in mid-heaven; but the whirring of her propellor, the wind beating upon her, the high figures that rose and fell beneath the glass of her speedometer, these told her that her speed was terrific. |
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