Word of the Day:
odometer
What It Means
An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production.
A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.
Odometer in Context
“On Sunday, the robot rover advanced another 157 feet (48 meters) as it continued along the rim of a Martian crater, putting Opportunity's total odometer at 25.01 miles (40.25 km), according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena, California.”
Did You Know?
From French odomètre, from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”), equivalent to odo- + -meter.
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