cyclometer

[ sahy-klom-i-ter ]

noun

1. an instrument that measures circular arcs.
2. a device for recording the revolutions of a wheel and hence the distance traversed by a wheeled vehicle; odometer.

cyclometer

/ saɪˈklɒmɪtə /

noun

1. a device that records the number of revolutions made by a wheel and hence the distance travelled

Derived Forms

• cyˈclometry, noun

Other Words From

• cy·clo·met·ric [sahy-kl, uh, -, me, -trik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclometer¹

First recorded in 1805–15; cyclo- + -meter

Example Sentences

We always called it a mile; but the last time he was home on leave Freddy measured it with his new cyclometer.

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Use the cyclometer to find out how soon you must stop, not how much further you must go.

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If a mental or spiritual cyclometer could be used in such a case, it would make a high record of speed.

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For another month we bicycled leisurely around Paris and added two or three hundred miles to our cyclometer record.

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Gersten and Pascal harnessed trains of wheels to their "ready-reckoners," somewhat similar to the well-known cyclometer.

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