dynamometer car

noun Railroads.

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.

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Origin of dynamometer car

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby dynamometer car

dynamo-, dynamoelectric, dynamogenesis, dynamograph, dynamometer, dynamometer car, dynamometry, dynamotor, dynast, dynastid, dynasty