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单词 votometer
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votometern.

Brit. /vəʊˈtɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /voʊˈtɑmədər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: vote n.1, -o- connective, -meter comb. form2.
Etymology: < vote n.1 + -o- connective + -meter comb. form2. Compare votograph n.
Chiefly U.S. Now rare.
Any of various types of machine for registering votes; a vote recorder.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > means of signifying choice > machine for registering votes
vote recorder1851
votometer1858
voting machine1900
psephograph1906
1858 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 22 Feb. A beautiful and useful instrument, styled ‘Toe [read The] Congressional Register and Votometer’, has just been invented by T. Sobieski Seybold, the design of which is to take the ayes and noes, divisions and other votes of the two Houses of Congress.
1901 Munic. Jrnl. & Engineer Feb. 51/1 The city of Binghamton, N.Y., has decided to give the voting machine a trial, and will use the Bardwell Votometer at a special election on February 19.
1969 Company News & Notes 16 Nov. 1035/1 Using a Votometer to register audience views and reactions, he also showed that 65 per cent of those attending planned to expand their sales forces in 1970.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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