dynamometer car
nounRailroads.
a car equipped with special instruments and coupled to a locomotive to record its energy output, fuel consumption, and other data continuously during a regularly scheduled run.
Origin of dynamometer car
1First recorded in 1875–80
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How to use dynamometer car in a sentence
We run and double back with the dynamometer car to try out our tractive power.
Letters from an Old Railway Official | Charles DeLano HineThe dynamometer car is constructed to indicate the tractive effort of the engine, the speed, and the distance travelled.
Minimum Gauge Railways | Arthur Heywood
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