speedometer
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English
Alternative forms
- speedometre (nonstandard)
Etymology
From speed + -o- + -meter; by surface analysis, speed + -ometer.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /spɪˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/, /spiˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /spɪˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /spiːˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
speedometer (plural speedometers)
- An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
- Synonyms: speedo, velocimeter
- Hypernyms: instrument, gauge
- Hyponyms: airspeedometer, airspeed indicator
- Coordinate terms: tachometer, tachograph; tach, tacho
- 1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Derailment at Lincoln”, in Modern Railways, page 375:
- Although it might be thought that drivers would naturally refer constantly to the speedometer, older drivers who come to diesel driving after years of steam experience without the help of speedometers, as well as those on steam engines which have been equipped with speedometers in recent years, have not accustomed themselves to the constant use of this instrument.
- Such a device incorporating an odometer.
Translations
a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
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such a device incorporating an odometer
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
speedometer n (singular definite speedometeret or speedometret, plural indefinite speedometre)
Declension
Declension of speedometer
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | speedometer | speedometeret speedometret |
speedometre | speedometerene |
| genitive | speedometers | speedometerets speedometrets |
speedometres | speedometerenes |
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Probably from English (not the same gender as other Bokmål words ending in meter)
Noun
speedometer n (definite singular speedometeret or speedometret, indefinite plural speedometer or speedometre, definite plural speedometra or speedometrene)
Synonyms
References
- “speedometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Probably from English (not the same gender as other Nynorsk words ending in meter)
Noun
speedometer n (definite singular speedometeret, indefinite plural speedometer, definite plural speedometera)
Synonyms
References
- “speedometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.