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Definition of Odometer
1. Noun. A meter that shows mileage traversed.
Generic synonyms: Meter
Group relationships: Automotive Vehicle, Motor Vehicle
Definition of Odometer
1. n. An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.
2. n. An instrument attached to a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.
Definition of Odometer
1. Noun. An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed. ¹
2. Noun. A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traversed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Odometer
1. a device for measuring distance traveled [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odometer
Literary usage of Odometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Coal and Its Topography: Illustrated by Original Drawings, Chiefly by J. Peter Lesley (1856)
"odometer. All preliminary work should be done with an odometer with a ten foot
... The body of the odometer should be made of the stiffest and lightest wood ..."
2. Chambers' Edinburgh Journal by Robert Chambers, William Chambers (1851)
"A good arming for the odometer is gold, or a better still, a small cone of
shell-lac about an inch long; the best od-subjects are gold, silver, ..."
3. A Pragmatic Legal Expert System by James Popple (1996)
"3.12 The odometer module The odometer module performs all of ... The odometer
calculates the distances (known and unknown) between the instant case and the ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"This kind of odometer records by a mechanical contrivance the number of revolutions
... The odometer carried by pedestrians, and designed for recording the ..."
5. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1806)
"ARTICLE I. Letter from RICHARD LOVELL EDGWORTH, ESQ. containing a Description of
an odometer for a Carriage, and some Remarks on ..."
6. Topographic, Trigonometric and Geodetic Surveying: Including Geographic by Herbert Michael Wilson (1912)
"odometer.—The odometer is not a distance-measurer, but a revolution-counter;
consequently a function of such distance-measuring is the circumference of a ..."
7. Topographic, Trigonometric and Geodetic Surveying: Including Geographic by Herbert Michael Wilson (1912)
"odometer.—The odometer is not a distance-measurer, but a revolution-counter;
consequently a function of such distance-measuring is the circumference of a ..."
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