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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Origin of cyclometer
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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.
From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.
Nevertheless, I relinquished not my hold, for I was truly attached to the fellow, and in due time we made a mile, though I know the cyclometer would have recorded ten.
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
I secretly placed a cyclometer upon the doctor's carriage.
From Final Proof or the Value of Evidence by Ottolengui, R.
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 Allen, Thomas Gaskell
A boy in Massachusetts who broke this rule broke his right arm and his cyclometer at the same time.
From Harper's Round Table, June 11, 1895 by Various
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