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English Dictionary: odometer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
odometer
n
  1. a meter that shows mileage traversed [syn: odometer, hodometer, mileometer, milometer]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Odometer \O*dom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], an instrument for
      measuring distances; [?] way + [?] measure: cf. F.
      odom[8a]tre, hodom[8a]tre.]
      An instrument attached to a vehicle, to measure the distance
      traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers
      the miles and rods traversed. -- {Od`o*met"ric*al}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Odometer \O*dom"e*ter\ ([osl]*d[ocr]m"[esl]*t[etil]r), n. [Gr.
      'odo`metron, 'odo`metros, an instrument for measuring
      distance; 'odo`s way + me`tron measure: cf. F. odom[82]tre,
      hodom[82]tre.]
      An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure
      the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors,
      which registers the miles and rods traversed.
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