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dynamometer car

American  

noun

Railroads.

  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of dynamometer car

First recorded in 1875–80

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