roadometern.

Brit.

/rəʊˈdɒmᵻtə/, U.S.

/roʊˈdɑmədər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., -ometer comb. form.

Etymology: < road n. + -ometer comb. form. Compare odometer n.

Chiefly U.S. Now historical.

1. An instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a road vehicle; an odometer. Cf. mileometer n.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > distance travelled

waywiser1651

perambulator1688

wheel1696

walking wheel1701

odometer1702

pedometer1723

pedometer1728

podometer1728

reel measure1803

viameter1845

roadometer1848

trocheameter1857

trechometer1858

cyclometer1880

pedimeter1890

passometer1902

sledge-meter1902

speedometer1929

mileometer1953

1848 W. Clayton Latter-day Saints' Emigrants' Guide 3 The distances from point to point are shown as near as a Roadometer can measure.

1859 B. D. Williams Let. 9 May in L. R. Hafen Overland Routes to Gold Fields 238 The road..from Leavenworth city to Denver city, is 689 miles in length by the roadometer.

1884 Jewelers' Circular & Horolog. Rev. Feb. 25/1 In half an hour I improvised an odometic, or ‘roadometer’, as many people call them, for my buggy, from a chronometer watch.

1912 Sunset Aug. 162/1 The roadometer had registered 14.8 miles over a splendid road.

1997 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 12 May a2 The device, dubbed a ‘roadometer’, indicated the number of miles traveled by ticking off the revolutions of a wheel of certain circumference.

2. A device fitted to a motor vehicle for indicating the camber of a road. rare.

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1926 Glasgow Herald 14 Oct. 6 There is a considerable range of motor car attachments, including a roadometer which automatically indicates the position of the car on the road by a scale which shows the camber.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roadometer
释义	roadometern. Brit. /rəʊˈdɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /roʊˈdɑmədər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., -ometer comb. form. Etymology: < road n. + -ometer comb. form. Compare odometer n. Chiefly U.S. Now historical. 1. An instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a road vehicle; an odometer. Cf. mileometer n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > distance travelled waywiser1651 perambulator1688 wheel1696 walking wheel1701 odometer1702 pedometer1723 pedometer1728 podometer1728 reel measure1803 viameter1845 roadometer1848 trocheameter1857 trechometer1858 cyclometer1880 pedimeter1890 passometer1902 sledge-meter1902 speedometer1929 mileometer1953 1848 W. Clayton Latter-day Saints' Emigrants' Guide 3 The distances from point to point are shown as near as a Roadometer can measure. 1859 B. D. Williams Let. 9 May in L. R. Hafen Overland Routes to Gold Fields 238 The road..from Leavenworth city to Denver city, is 689 miles in length by the roadometer. 1884 Jewelers' Circular & Horolog. Rev. Feb. 25/1 In half an hour I improvised an odometic, or ‘roadometer’, as many people call them, for my buggy, from a chronometer watch. 1912 Sunset Aug. 162/1 The roadometer had registered 14.8 miles over a splendid road. 1997 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 12 May a2 The device, dubbed a ‘roadometer’, indicated the number of miles traveled by ticking off the revolutions of a wheel of certain circumference. 2. A device fitted to a motor vehicle for indicating the camber of a road. rare. ΚΠ 1926 Glasgow Herald 14 Oct. 6 There is a considerable range of motor car attachments, including a roadometer which automatically indicates the position of the car on the road by a scale which shows the camber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848
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