n. An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed.
n. A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traversed.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the distance traversed.
n. A hodometer.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An instrument extensively used for measuring the distance passed over by any wheeled vehicle, and also in topographical surveying in regions traversed by roads.
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n. a meter that shows mileage traversed
Word Usage
"So, it would be another 1,000km, only my odometer is lying, or roverthedog is taking it out for joyrides, because my records from last fall said I stopped biking at 800km, and when I started riding 17 days ago it said 858."