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speedometer

Pronunciation: /spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/

The English word “speedometer” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
  2. Such a device incorporating an odometer.

Etymology

From speed + -o- + -meter; by surface analysis, speed + -ometer.

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