speedometer

[spee-dom-i-ter, spi-]

noun

1. an instrument on an automobile or other vehicle for indicating the rate of travel in miles or kilometers per hour.

speedometer

/ spɪˈdɒmɪtə /

noun

1. a device fitted to a vehicle to measure and display the speed of travel See also mileometer

speedometer

1. An instrument for indicating the speed of a vehicle, typically by measuring the rate of rotation of a wheel or fan whose rate of rotation depends on the speed of the vehicle.

2. Compare odometer

Word History and Origins

Origin of speedometer¹

First recorded in 1900–05; speed + -o- + -meter

Example Sentences

I was too busy to look at the speedometer, but Bouret told me I hit a top speed close to 165 mph.

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Nexperia’s semiconductors are found in various auto parts from speedometers to climate control.

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“These are not very strategic components, but there are hundreds of them, small microprocessors in the lock systems, climate control, speedometers or whatever,” Volvo Chief Executive Håkan Samuelsson told The Wall Street Journal.

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"Who can say if my speedometer or your radar is entirely accurate in recording 21 miles instead of 20," she added in her letter, which was sent on House of Lords headed paper.

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As I squeezed the pedal harder, the animated speedometer—designed a bit like an Aztec sundial, with spiky points blooming around the center—grew in radiance.

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