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speedometer

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speed·om·e·ter  (sp-dm-tr, sp-)
n.
1. An instrument for indicating speed.
2.
a. An instrument for indicating distance traveled as well as rate of speed.
b. An odometer.

speedometer [spɪˈdɒmɪtə]
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a device fitted to a vehicle to measure and display the speed of travel See also mileometer

speedometer  (sp-dm-tr)
An instrument for indicating the speed of a vehicle, typically by measuring the rate of rotation of a wheel or fan whose rate of rotation depends on the speed of the vehicle. Compare odometer.

speedometer
an instrument that records the speed of a vehicle in motion for the driver of the vehicle.
See also: Instruments
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.speedometerspeedometer - a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed
machmeter - speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound
meter - any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails
Translations
speedometer [spɪˈdɒmɪtəʳ] Nvelocímetro m, cuentakilómetros m inv

speedometer [spiːˈdɒmɪr] ncompteur m (de vitesse)
speed trap nradar m

speedometer

speedometer [spɪˈdɒmɪtəʳ] ntachimetro
speedometer [spɪˈdɒmɪtəʳ] ntachimetro

speedometer عداد السرعة tachometr speedometer Tachometer ταχύμετρο velocímetro nopeusmittari compteur de vitesse brzinomjer tachimetro 速度計 속도계 snelheidsmeter speedometer szybkościomierz velocímetro спидометр hastighetsmätare แผงที่บอกอัตราความเร็ว hızölçer đồng hồ tốc độ 时速表


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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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