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passimeter

passimeter noun: a pocket pedometer.

Noun

passimeter (plural passimeters)

  1. A pocket pedometer.
  2. A turnstile operated from a ticket booth or by a ticket machine.
    • Passengers were meant to flow past a passimeter on either side, as when the water of a fast-flowing river meets a rock. They usually had the choice of two queues, which must have been agonising because the one you pick is always the slowest. The queues were slowed down by the turnstiles that...2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 213

Forms of passimeter

pluralpassimeters

Origin of passimeter

Probably from pass + -meter

Questions about passimeter

What does passimeter mean?
Passimeter means a pocket pedometer.
What part of speech is passimeter?
Passimeter is a noun.
What is the plural of passimeter?
The plural of passimeter is passimeters.

Words near passimeter in the dictionary

  1. passifloras
  2. passiflorine
  3. passify
  4. passifying
  5. passim
  6. passimeter
  7. passimeters
  8. passing
  9. passing a good time
  10. passing a sponge over the slate
  11. passing a stool

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