a device that indicates or measures the rotational speed of a spinning shaft
Origin of tachometer
from Classical Greek tachos, speed ( from tachys: see tachy-) + -metertachometer
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tachometer
noun
An instrument used to measure the rotations per minute of a rotating shaft.
Origin of tachometer
Greek takhos speed -meterRelated Forms:
- tach′o·met′ric
adjective
- ta·chom′e·try
noun
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Noun
(plural tachometers)
- A device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.
- A device for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of blood, a river, a machine, etc.
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