Hypertext Webster Gateway: "odometer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Odometer \O*dom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, an instrument for
measuring distances; ? way + ? measure: cf. F. odom[`e]tre,
hodom[`e]tre.]
An instrument attached to a vehicle, to measure the distance
traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers
the miles and rods traversed. -- {Od`o*met"ric*al}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Odometer \O*dom"e*ter\ ([-o]*d[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n. [Gr.
'odo`metron, 'odo`metros, an instrument for measuring
distance; 'odo`s way + me`tron measure: cf. F. odom['e]tre,
hodom['e]tre.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
odometer
n : a meter that shows mileage traversed [syn: {hodometer}, {mileometer},
{milometer}]
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