cyclometer
Americannoun
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an instrument that measures circular arcs.
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a device for recording the revolutions of a wheel and hence the distance traversed by a wheeled vehicle; odometer.
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I receive a letter from a cyclometer who understands that a reward is offered to any one who will square the circle, and that all competitors are to send their plans to me.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
An ordinary cyclometer is nothing but an arrangement for counting these revolutions, but it is graduated in such a manner that it gives at once the distance in miles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
Whenever the rider tired, he could descend—comfortably at home again—and examine the cyclometer to see how far he had been.
From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
If we only had a spiritual cyclometer attached to us, when the clock strikes ten we should have an interesting moment in noting the record.
From The Reconstructed School by Francis B. Pearson
It was amusing to hear their graphic descriptions of the mysterious “ding,” by which they referred to the ring of the cyclometer at every mile.
From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Thomas Gaskell Allen
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