speedometer
An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates…An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
» Tom looked at the speedometer.
Tom sah auf den Tachometer.
Tom sah auf den Tacho.
Том посмотрел на спидометр.
Том подивився на спідометр.
Meaning
2 sensesAn instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed
Such a device incorporating an odometer.
Geschwindigkeitsmesser, Tachometer, Tacho
спидо́метрspidómetr
спідо́метрspidómetr
Examples
10 sentencesTom looked at the speedometer.
Том подивився на спідометр. — deniko
ruТом посмотрел на спидометр. — marafon
deTom sah auf den Tachometer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I looked at the speedometer.
It's dangerous to drive around with a broken speedometer.
Ziri checked the speedometer and he was running almost eighty.
Your car's speedometer tells you the car's instantaneous speed, not its average speed.
Translations
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Origin
From speed + -o- + -meter; by surface analysis, speed + -ometer.From speed + -o- + -meter; by surface analysis, speed + -ometer.
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Forms
plural: speedometers| Singular | speedometer |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed:speed indicator