Odometer

2 definitions found

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]:

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