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amphometer, n. Austral.|æmˈfɒmɪtə(r)|
[f. amph- (prob. f. m.p.h. s.v. M 6, with arbitrary a- prefixed) + -ometer.]
A device for measuring the speed of vehicles passing over the stretch of road on which it is installed.
1964Telegraph (Brisbane) 9 Dec. 39/1 In each case, the amphometer and the police car speedometer had shown the same reading. The amphometer consists of a meter and two tubes which are placed across the road 88ft. apart. 1966Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Oct. 7/5 Queensland should follow Victoria's lead and introduce ‘the little black boxes’ (amphometers) to cut down the State's tragic road toll. 1980Kyabram (Victoria) Free Press 26 Feb. 1/7 An amphometer set up on the Midland Highway at Stanhope also intercepted five speeding motorists. |