odometer
noun/əʊˈdɒmɪtə(r)/
/əʊˈdɑːmɪtər/
(North American English) (British English milometer, mileometer)
(also informal the clock US English, British English)
- an instrument in a vehicle that measures the number of miles it has travelledTopics Transport by car or lorryc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French odomètre, from Greek hodos ‘way’ + -meter (see meter).
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