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odometer
o-dom′e-ter
(ō̍-dŏm′ē̍-tẽr)
, Noun.
[Gr.
ὁδόμετρον
, ὁδόμετρος
, an instrument for measuring distance; ὁδόσ
way + μέτρον
measure: cf. F. odométre
, hodométre
. See also hodometer
.] An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the distance traversed.