cyclometern.

/sʌɪˈklɒmɪtə/

Etymology: < Greek κύκλος circle + -meter comb. form².

1. An instrument for measuring circular arcs.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > for measuring curved lines or arcs

cyclometer1815

opisometer1854

traveller1873

curvometer1892

1815 W. Adamson (title) An Universal Principle for Dividing the Circle..by a new Instrument called the Cyclometer.

1880 C. Darwin & F. Darwin Power of Movement in Plants 93 The black lines on the hypocotyls..became distinctly curved, but in very various degrees (namely, with radii between 20 and 80 mm. on Sachs' cyclometer).

2. An apparatus attached to the wheel of a vehicle, esp. of a cycle, for registering the distance traversed.

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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

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard > odometer

odometer1702

viameter1845

trocheameter1857

trechometer1858

cyclometer1880

sledge-meter1902

speedometer1929

mileometer1953

1880 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 496 The cyclometers registered thirty-five miles.

1883 B. W. Richardson Cycling in Longman's Mag. Oct. 604 By means of their cyclometers they [cyclists] could correct..errors respecting distances which the ‘signposts’ almost invariably make.

3. humorously. A ‘circle-squarer’.

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1866 A. De Morgan in Athenæum 27 Oct. 534/2 Cyclometers have their several styles of wit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	cyclometer
释义	cyclometern. /sʌɪˈklɒmɪtə/ Etymology: < Greek κύκλος circle + -meter comb. form². 1. An instrument for measuring circular arcs. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > for measuring curved lines or arcs cyclometer1815 opisometer1854 traveller1873 curvometer1892 1815 W. Adamson (title) An Universal Principle for Dividing the Circle..by a new Instrument called the Cyclometer. 1880 C. Darwin & F. Darwin Power of Movement in Plants 93 The black lines on the hypocotyls..became distinctly curved, but in very various degrees (namely, with radii between 20 and 80 mm. on Sachs' cyclometer). 2. An apparatus attached to the wheel of a vehicle, esp. of a cycle, for registering the distance traversed. 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 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard > odometer odometer1702 viameter1845 trocheameter1857 trechometer1858 cyclometer1880 sledge-meter1902 speedometer1929 mileometer1953 1880 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 496 The cyclometers registered thirty-five miles. 1883 B. W. Richardson Cycling in Longman's Mag. Oct. 604 By means of their cyclometers they [cyclists] could correct..errors respecting distances which the ‘signposts’ almost invariably make. 3. humorously. A ‘circle-squarer’. ΚΠ 1866 A. De Morgan in Athenæum 27 Oct. 534/2 Cyclometers have their several styles of wit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1815
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