speedometer

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English

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Etymology

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From speed +‎ -o- +‎ -meter; by surface analysis, speed +‎ -ometer.

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speedometer (plural speedometers)

  1. 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.
  2. Such a device incorporating an odometer.

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Danish

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Noun

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speedometer n (singular definite speedometeret or speedometret, plural indefinite speedometre)

  1. speedometer

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Probably from English (not the same gender as other Bokmål words ending in meter)

Noun

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speedometer n (definite singular speedometeret or speedometret, indefinite plural speedometer or speedometre, definite plural speedometra or speedometrene)

  1. a speedometer

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Probably from English (not the same gender as other Nynorsk words ending in meter)

Noun

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speedometer n (definite singular speedometeret, indefinite plural speedometer, definite plural speedometera)

  1. a speedometer

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