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tachymeter

tachymeter noun: a surveying instrument for quickly finding distances.

Noun

tachymeter (plural tachymeters)

  1. A surveying instrument for quickly finding distances.
  2. A speed indicator; a tachometer.

tachymeter meaning in Tamil, Malay and Vietnamese

tachymeter in Tamil

உடல் அசைவு வேகமானி, பொருள் அசைவு வேகமானி

tachymeter in Malay

surveying instrument
takimeter

tachymeter in Vietnamese

surveying instrument
máy toàn đạc

Forms of tachymeter

pluraltachymeters

Origin of tachymeter

From tachy- + -meter.

Words formed from tachymeter

Questions about tachymeter

What does tachymeter mean?
Tachymeter means a surveying instrument for quickly finding distances.
What is tachymeter in Tamil?
Tachymeter in Tamil is உடல் அசைவு வேகமானி, பொருள் அசைவு வேகமானி. See Tachymeter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tachymeter?
Tachymeter is a noun.
What is the plural of tachymeter?
The plural of tachymeter is tachymeters.

Words near tachymeter in the dictionary

  1. tachylyte
  2. tachylytes
  3. tachylytic
  4. tachymetabolic
  5. tachymetabolism
  6. tachymeter
  7. tachymeters
  8. tachymetre
  9. tachymetres
  10. tachymetric
  11. tachymetry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tachymeter (page history and authors); tachymeter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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