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cyclometer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From cyclo- + -meter.

Meanings

1. A device that counts the revolutions of a bicycle wheel in order to indicate distance travelled.
   • While here at Constantinople I received by mail from America a Butcher spoke cyclometer, and on the second visit to Prinkipo I measured the road which has been made around half the island; the distance is four English miles and a fraction. 1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IX, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. I: From San Francisco to Teheran, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 244–246:
2. An instrument for measuring circular arcs.
3. (historical) A machine used to decrypt Enigma machine ciphers.

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Synonyms

cyclocomputer