Speedometer Definition

spĭ-dŏmĭ-tər, spē-
noun
An instrument for indicating speed.
American Heritage
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.
Webster's New World
An odometer.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • speed indicator

Other Word Forms of Speedometer

Noun

Singular:
speedometer
Plural:
speedometers

Origin of Speedometer

  • speed + -o- + -meter

    From Wiktionary

Speedometer Sentence Examples

  • A quick look revealed the speedometer was nearing the ninety mark - or did it merely look like it from her seat?

  • His digital speedometer read 54 miles an hour, faster than he had ever ridden in his life, and his eyes watered from the rush of cold air.

  • Katie Young looked at the speedometer, which read thirty-seven when the blue lights flared up behind her, jarring her out of the pre-coffee morning stupor.

  • This model has a single speedometer fitted in the center of the dash.

  • And I think it was the policeman at the same wat who stole my cycle speedometer - who cares it wasn't working anyway.

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