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odometer

[ oh-dom-i-ter ]

noun

  1. an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.


odometer

/ ɒˈdɒmɪtə; əʊ- /

noun

  1. a device that records the number of miles that a bicycle or motor vehicle has travelled Also calledmileometer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

odometer

/ ō-ŏĭ-ə /

  1. 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.
  2. Compare speedometer
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzٰ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ···· [oh-d, uh, -, me, -tri-k, uh, l], adjective
  • ·dz·ٰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of odometer1

1785–95, Americanism; variant of hodometer < Greek ǻó ( s ) way + -meter
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of odometer1

C18 hodometer, from Greek hodos way + -meter
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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.

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He had the car checked for signs of odometer tampering but didn’t find any.

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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.

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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.

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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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