Odometer
/əʊˈdɑːmɪtər/noun
A device in a vehicle that measures the distance it has travelled.
The car has done 200,000 miles according to its odometer.
Often appears as...
- reset the odometer
- odometer reading
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A device in a vehicle that measures the distance it has travelled.
The car has done 200,000 miles according to its odometer.
Often appears as...
- reset the odometer
- odometer reading
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Vehicle Specific
Mainly found in vehicles like cars and bikes to track distance traveled.
My bike's odometer shows 5,000 kilometers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Time-Related
An odometer deals with distance, not the time the vehicle has been used.
The odometer reading is high, but the engine is new.
Pro Tip 3/3Odometer Tampering
Illegally changing the odometer reading is called 'clocking' or 'rolling back'.
The used car dealer was fined for rolling back odometers.
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Video examples
Marcus Byrne: The dance...
that use a compass, and they use the sun as a compass to find their way around, and they have some sort of system for measuring that distance, and we know that these species here actually count the steps. That's what they use as an odometer,
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The dance of the dung...
around and they have some sort of system for measuring that distance and we know that these species here actually can't the stitch that's what they used as an odometer a step counting system to find their way back home we don't know yet
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Bill Saturno: Adding...
general were days that were important in the same way that we might look forward to a big number on the odometer in our car that we might say I'm almost to ten thousand miles
Video examples
Marcus Byrne: The dance...
that use a compass, and they use the sun as a compass to find their way around, and they have some sort of system for measuring that distance, and we know that these species here actually count the steps. That's what they use as an odometer,
Video examples
The dance of the dung...
around and they have some sort of system for measuring that distance and we know that these species here actually can't the stitch that's what they used as an odometer a step counting system to find their way back home we don't know yet
Video examples
Bill Saturno: Adding...
general were days that were important in the same way that we might look forward to a big number on the odometer in our car that we might say I'm almost to ten thousand miles
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Al Jarreau
American Musician
I've got an odometer on my voice that has out-odometered an odometer on an automobile.
Quote examples
Al Jarreau
American Musician
I've got an odometer on my voice that has out-odometered an odometer on an automobile.
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