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odometer
[ oh-dom-i-ter ]
noun
- an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
odometer
/ ɒˈdɒmɪtə; əʊ- /
noun
- a device that records the number of miles that a bicycle or motor vehicle has travelled Also calledmileometer
odometer
/ ō-ŏ′ĭ-ə /
- An instrument for indicating the distance traveled by a vehicle, typically by measuring the number of rotations of a wheel or fan whose rate of rotation depends on the speed of the vehicle.
- Compare speedometer
Derived Forms
- ˈdzٰ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ···· [oh-d, uh, -, me, -tri-k, uh, l], adjective
- ·dz·ٰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of odometer1
Example Sentences
Shaun Thomas, 61, a bricklayer from Hastings, unknowingly bought a van from the group which had had nearly 100,000 miles taken off the odometer.
He had the car checked for signs of odometer tampering but didn’t find any.
His stunning departure came just five years after winning a national championship and at a relatively youthful 55, with seemingly a few more hundred wins left on his coaching odometer.
And change isn’t always for the better, with every day another click on James’ odometer that will, in one of the NBA’s great mysteries, eventually max out.
The odometer showed the car had traveled 1,000 miles the week of the attack — the distance of a round trip to and from the lawyer’s block in Pacific Palisades.
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