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speedometer Definition

speed·om·eter (spi dämət ər)

noun

a device, often combined with an odometer, attached to a motor vehicle, etc. to indicate speed, as in miles per hour: it is usually connected to the transmission by a flexible drive shaft

Etymology: < speed + -meter

speedometer Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • calibrate: This also holds good for the following check using the calibrated speedometer.
  • include: The dashboard includes a speedometer, rev counter and coolant temperature gage to allow you to keep all parameters under control.
  • have: This model has a single speedometer fitted in the center of the dash.
  • comprise: The instrumentation comprises an electronic speedometer, rev counter and clock.
  • use: A large variety of methods are used, predominantly automobile speedometers, but no method is ascribed to the estimate for elephants.
  • incorporate: The traditional instrumentation, incorporating a strip speedometer, was replaced by a more sporting design.

Adjective modifier

  • electronic: The analog tachometer takes center stage and is surrounded by the electronic speedometer, temperature, oil and fuel gages.
  • digital: The digital speedometer seems to float in space, the adjacent clock floats in another plane.
  • accurate: Accurate Speedometer: - A highly accurate speedometer central to the display shows your current road speed.
  • new: I decided that a speeding fine and points on my license were not worth the risk so yesterday I ordered a new speedometer.
  • magnetic: The 1956 Ford Victoria was equipped with a magnetic speedometer which was probably giving false speed reading due to the UFO's E-M effects.
  • large: Arcs for the rev counter and fuel gage peek out from the sides of the large speedometer and are flanked by warning lights.

Modifies a noun

  • cable: Lift it carefully and feeling underneath unscrew the top end of the speedometer cable.
  • drive: May 30 2003 A view of the coupling rod bearing arrangement and also the speedometer drive on 3.1192.
  • reading: Speedometer readings should be taken throughout, preferably related to readily identifiable points passed.

Noun used with modifier

  • car: The current speed readout is eminently useful; it is considerably more accurate than the average car speedometer.
  • analog: Instrumentation includes analog speedometer, odometer, and indicator lights for fuel, coolant temperature and low/high beam.
  • strip: The traditional instrumentation, incorporating a strip speedometer, was replaced by a more sporting design.
  • cycle: And I think it was the policeman at the same wat who stole my cycle speedometer - who cares it wasn't working anyway.
  • bicycle: Note to J Rendell thanks for the excellent advice on how to set up a bicycle speedometer.

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