viametern.
rare.
A device for recording the number of miles traversed by a wheeled vehicle; a hodometer or cyclometer.
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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
1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 311/1 (margin) Counting Machines for road carriages, or viameter.
1858 Mrs. P. Sinnett tr. B. Möllhausen Diary I. vi. 75 The viameter gave an accurate measurement of the number of miles passed, by counting the revolutions of the waggon wheel.
1860 Worcester. [Hence in later Dicts.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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