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hodometer n. 行程表,路程表,回轉表 行程表,路程表,回轉表 hodometer n 1: a meter that shows mileage traversed [ synonym: { odometer}, { hodometer}, { mileometer}, { milometer}] hodometer \ ho* dom" e* ter\ ( h[- o]* d[ o^] m"[- e]* t[~ e] r), n. [ Gr. " odo` metron, " odo` metros, an instrument for measuring distance; " odo` s way, path, road me` tron measure: cf. F. odom[' e] tre, hodom[' e] tre. See also { odometer}.] A device for measuring the length of a path, consisting of a wheel of known circumference attached to a rod held in the hand, and pushed along a surface, which is usually the ground or a floor. The number of times the wheel makes a complete circle multiplied by the circumference is a measure of the length of the path traversed. It may be used to measure distances on curved as well as straight paths. A variant which registers the miles and rods traversed is sometimes used by surveyors. [ PJC 1913 Webster]
odometer \ o* dom" e* ter\ ([- o]* d[ o^] m"[- e]* t[~ e] r), n. [ Gr. " odo` metron, " odo` metros, an instrument for measuring distance; " odo` s way me` tron measure: cf. F. odom[' e] tre, hodom[' e] tre. See also { hodometer}.] An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the distance traversed. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A { hodometer}. [ 1913 Webster PJC]
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