mileometern.
/mʌɪˈlɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /maɪˈlɑmədər/ Chiefly British.
An instrument fitted to a motor vehicle or bicycle for measuring and displaying the number of miles travelled; an odometer. Also: a pedometer (rare).
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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
1953 A. Smith Blind White Fish in Persia 218 Every time another 1,000 miles was registered by the milometer, those in front would cheer a little.
1968 Punch 31 July 172/1 One army jeep being driven aimlessly around by Georg in order that its mileometer shall record that monthly mileage total considered by higher authority appropriate for army vehicles.
1974 Times 9 Oct. 14/1 Guilty..of..offering for sale cars whose milometers had been altered to show a lower reading.
1978 S. King Stand lxii. 724 Larry..took off the mileometer... Each evening he wrote down how far they had walked that day.
1986 Cycling World June 33/2 What I really wanted was a mileometer which could be attached to the handlebars.
1991 A. Masters Traffic 35 The dashboard was more like an aircraft control panel... Just above the milometer was a small computer screen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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