Hodometer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hodometer \ho*dom"e*ter\ (h[-o]*d[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n. [Gr.
     "odo`metron, "odo`metros, an instrument for measuring
     distance; "odo`s way, path, road + me`tron measure: cf. F.
     odom['e]tre, hodom['e]tre. See also {odometer}.]
     A device for measuring the length of a path, consisting of a
     wheel of known circumference attached to a rod held in the


     hand, and pushed along a surface, which is usually the ground
     or a floor. The number of times the wheel makes a complete
     circle multiplied by the circumference is a measure of the
     length of the path traversed. It may be used to measure
     distances on curved as well as straight paths. A variant
     which registers the miles and rods traversed is sometimes
     used by surveyors.
     [PJC + 1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A {hodometer}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hodometer
       n : a meter that shows mileage traversed [syn: {odometer}, {mileometer},
            {milometer}]