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tachometer

/təˈkɒmətə(ɹ)/

tachometer noun: a device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.

tachometer: a device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the...
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Noun

tachometer (plural tachometers)

  1. A device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.
  2. A device for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of blood, a river, a machine, etc.

tachometer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati

tachometer in Hindi

device for measuring rpm
वेगमापी vegmāpī

tachometer in Tamil

device for measuring rpm
சுழற்சி அளவி cuḻaṟci aḷavi, வேகமானி vēkamāṉi

tachometer in Kannada

device for measuring rpm
ವೇಗಮಾಪಕ vēgamāpaka

tachometer in Gujarati

device for measuring rpm
વેગમાપક vegmāpak
More languagesFewer languages
tachometer in Tagalog
inugsukat
tachometer in Malay
takometer
tachometer in Indonesian
takometer
tachometer in Thai
เครื่องวัดวามเร็ว
tachometer in Vietnamese
máy đo tốc độ

Synonyms of tachometer

Forms of tachometer

pluraltachometers
alternative formtachometre

Origin of tachometer

From tacho- + -meter.

Words formed from tachometer

Questions about tachometer

What does tachometer mean?
Tachometer means a device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.
What is tachometer in Hindi?
Tachometer in Hindi is वेगमापी (vegmāpī). See Tachometer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tachometer?
Tachometer is a noun.
How do you pronounce tachometer?
Tachometer is pronounced /təˈkɒmətə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of tachometer?
The plural of tachometer is tachometers.

Words near tachometer in the dictionary

  1. tachoclines
  2. tachogram
  3. tachograms
  4. tachograph
  5. tachographs
  6. tachometer
  7. tachometers
  8. tachometre
  9. tachometres
  10. tachometric
  11. tachometrically

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