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speedometer
(spiːdɒmɪtəʳ)
Word forms: plural speedometers
countable noun
A speedometer is the instrument in a vehicle which shows how fast the vehicle is moving.
speedometer in British English
(spɪˈdɒmɪtə)
noun
a device fitted to a vehicle to measure and display the speed of travel
See also mileometerspeedometer in American English
(spɪˈdɑmətər)
noun
a device, often combined with an odometer, attached to a motor vehicle, etc. to indicate speed, as in miles per hour: it is usually connected to the transmission by a flexible drive shaft
Word origin
< speed + -meterImage ofspeedometer
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Examples of 'speedometer' in a sentencespeedometer
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British English: speedometer /spɪˈdɒmɪtə/ NOUN
A speedometer is the instrument in a vehicle which shows how fast the vehicle is moving.
- American English: speedometer
- Arabic: عَدَّادُ السُّرْعَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: velocímetro
- Chinese: 时速表
- Croatian: brzinomjer
- Czech: tachometr
- Danish: speedometer
- Dutch: snelheidsmeter
- European Spanish: velocímetro
- Finnish: nopeusmittari
- French: compteur de vitesse
- German: Tachometer
- Greek: ταχύμετρο
- Italian: tachimetro
- Japanese: 速度計
- Korean: 속도계
- Norwegian: speedometer
- Polish: szybkościomierz
- European Portuguese: velocímetro
- Romanian: vitezometru
- Russian: спидометр
- Latin American Spanish: velocímetro
- Swedish: hastighetsmätare
- Thai: แผงที่บอกอัตราความเร็ว
- Turkish: hızölçer
- Ukrainian: спідометр
- Vietnamese: đồng hồ tốc độ
Chinese translation of 'speedometer'
speedometer
(spɪˈdɔmɪtəʳ)
n (c)
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速度计(計)
(sùdùjì) (个(個), gè)