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hodometer

hodometer is the dated form of odometer.

Meaning of odometer

Noun

odometer (plural odometers)

  1. An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production.
    • When the car was delivered about eight weeks later, it was not the model that had been displayed on the show and it had more miles on the odometer than the car she had been promised.2007 December 14, “"Price Is Right" winner claims new car a wreck”, in Reuters
  2. A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.

Forms of hodometer

pluralhodometers

Origin of hodometer

From hodo- + -meter.

Questions about hodometer

What is hodometer the dated form of?
Hodometer is the dated form of odometer.

Words near hodometer in the dictionary

  1. hodological
  2. hodologically
  3. hodologist
  4. hodologists
  5. hodology
  6. hodometer
  7. hodometers
  8. hodometric
  9. hodometrical
  10. hodometry
  11. hodonym

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