passimetern.

Brit.

/paˈsɪmᵻtə/, U.S.

/pæsˈɪmᵻdər/

Forms: 1900s– passimeter, 1900s– passimetre.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pass v., -imeter comb. form.

Etymology: Probably < pass v. + -imeter comb. form.

British. Now rare.

A machine which issues tickets to passengers boarding public transport and records the numbers travelling.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > ticket for a public conveyance > automatic ticket machine

passimeter1921

1921 Railway Gaz. 2 Dec. 860/2 There are three separate registering cyclometers... The first registers the dating and cancellation of each ticket, setting the passenger free to proceed through the ‘passimeter’, whereby another cyclometer automatically records his passage.

1923 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 6/4 Fifteen passimeters will be installed, and..it is hoped..to eliminate booking queues.

1928 Daily Express 10 May 9 What a contrast with the modern ‘passimetre’, the glitter of green and white tile, the silent motion of escalators!

1957 G. T. Moody Southern Electric IV. 44 All the stations were handsome buildings mainly of concrete, with passimeter booking offices.

1964 Guardian 26 June 5/2 Central London is to have six experimental ‘standee’ buses, on which a single coin fare will be placed in a ‘passimeter’.

1999 Independent (Nexis) 12 Sept. 14 The circular ticket office with its central, glass-brick passimeter, Hollywood columns and uplit cornices.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	passimeter
释义	passimetern. Brit. /paˈsɪmᵻtə/, U.S. /pæsˈɪmᵻdər/ Forms: 1900s– passimeter, 1900s– passimetre. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pass v., -imeter comb. form. Etymology: Probably < pass v. + -imeter comb. form. British. Now rare. A machine which issues tickets to passengers boarding public transport and records the numbers travelling. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > ticket for a public conveyance > automatic ticket machine passimeter1921 1921 Railway Gaz. 2 Dec. 860/2 There are three separate registering cyclometers... The first registers the dating and cancellation of each ticket, setting the passenger free to proceed through the ‘passimeter’, whereby another cyclometer automatically records his passage. 1923 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 6/4 Fifteen passimeters will be installed, and..it is hoped..to eliminate booking queues. 1928 Daily Express 10 May 9 What a contrast with the modern ‘passimetre’, the glitter of green and white tile, the silent motion of escalators! 1957 G. T. Moody Southern Electric IV. 44 All the stations were handsome buildings mainly of concrete, with passimeter booking offices. 1964 Guardian 26 June 5/2 Central London is to have six experimental ‘standee’ buses, on which a single coin fare will be placed in a ‘passimeter’. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 12 Sept. 14 The circular ticket office with its central, glass-brick passimeter, Hollywood columns and uplit cornices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921
随便看	burdocks burdon burdoun burds bure bureau bureau agent bureau bed bureau bedstead bureau chief bureau clerk bureau de change bureau director bureau drawer bureau head bureau manager bureau of indian affairs bureau of investigation bureau official bureau plat bureau report bureau staff bureau top bureau-bookcase bureaubookcase