hodometer

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hodometer

(hɒˈdɒmɪtə)

(Automotive Engineering) US another name for odometer

hoˈdometry n

hodometer

odometer.

See also: Distance

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Noun

hodometer - a meter that shows mileage traversed

mileometer, milometer, odometer

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

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HODOMETER A Way of assessing a quantity of bricks B Instrument for measuring distance C Instrument for measuring curves who am I?

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Also known as a perambulator, hodometer, or surveyor's wheel, the waywiser is essentially a large wheel and stick that is pushed along the desired route, with a dial attached that measures, accurately, the distance travelled.

'The road from London to Aberistwith', John Ogilry, 1675

a hodometer to be attached to a carriage and record the number of revolutions of a wheel..." (Humphreys, 122).