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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The tout outside produces samples of the photographic art—created perhaps a dozen miles away—and lies with the freedom of a cyclometer.
From '?19,000' by Burford Delannoy
Along about two in the afternoon Josh had declared that his cyclometer was marking the hundred-and-fifty mark since beginning the day’s run, which was a pretty good spin, all things considered.
From The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France by Ralph Marlow
From Kuldja to the Great Wall, where our cyclometer broke, we took accurate measurements of the distances.
From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Thomas Gaskell Allen
It is singular that no cyclometer maintains that Archimedes hit it exactly.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
We had no cyclometer, but two men checked the revolution of the wheel.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
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