odometer
pronunciation
How to pronounce odometer in British English:
UK [əʊˈdɒmɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce odometer in American English:
US [oʊˈdɑmɪtə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a meter that shows mileage traversed
Word Origin
- odometer (n.)
- 1791, from French odomètre (1724), from Greek hodos "way" (see cede) + -meter. First recorded in writings of Thomas Jefferson.
Example
- 1. Figure 1 : yslow icon and odometer showing the page load time .
- 2. We found powdered sugar on the odometer cable .
- 3. Speedometer and odometer stopped working !
- 4. What 's the mileage on your odometer ?
- 5. This odometer cable 's been tampered with .