Cyclometer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device that counts the revolutions of a bicycle wheel in order to indicate distance travelled.

    "While here at Constantinople I received by mail from America a Butcher spoke cyclometer, and on the second visit to Prinkipo I measured the road which has been made around half the island; the distance is four English miles and a fraction."

  2. 2
    An instrument for measuring circular arcs.
  3. 3
    A machine used to decrypt Enigma machine ciphers. historical

Synonyms

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cyclocomputer

Example

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"While here at Constantinople I received by mail from America a Butcher spoke cyclometer, and on the second visit to Prinkipo I measured the road which has been made around half the island; the distance is four English miles and a fraction."

Etymology

From cyclo- + -meter.

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