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Definition of Cyclometer
1. n. A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle.
Definition of Cyclometer
1. Noun. A device that counts the revolutions of a bicycle wheel in order to indicate distance travelled. ¹
2. Noun. An instrument for measuring circular arcs. ¹
3. Noun. A machine used to decrypt Enigma machine ciphers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cyclometer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclometer
Literary usage of Cyclometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Thorndike Arithmetics by Edward Lee Thorndike (1917)
"The right-hand picture shows Fred's cyclometer after he had put it on his ...
How does the cyclometer show half a mile? 6. How does the cyclometer show two ..."
2. Science and Industry (1899)
"... from the wheel to the spider, thence to the rest of the mechanism in cyclometer.
This wiper is so adjusted |»hat, in actuating the spider by engaging ..."
3. Highways and Horses by Athol Maudslay (1888)
"A private omnibus—A miniature drag—The price of horses—Fifty years ago—The world
on wheels—Thompson's cyclometer— The ..."
4. The New Methods in Arithmetic by Edward Lee Thorndike (1921)
"Ruth's cyclometer read 586.7 at starting and exactly 1175 when they reached home.
... Mr. Sears arranged an old bicycle-cyclometer on the wagon wheel. ..."
5. Junior High School Mathematics by Theodore Lindquist (1920)
"Find the rate of speed of an automobile for which the cyclometer reads ...
Henry starts out in the morning with the cyclometer of his bicycle reading 479.3 ..."
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