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odometer (ōdŏm`ĭtər), instrument provided in an automotive vehicle to indicate the total number of miles that have been traveled. The odometer generally shares a housing with the vehicle's speedometer speedometer, instrument that indicates speed. A cable from an automotive speedometer is attached to the rear of the transmission of an automobile; the cable turns at a rate proportional to the speed of the car.
..... Click the link for more information. and is driven by a cable that the two share. When the vehicle is in motion, this cable moves a series of gears in the odometer, turning a set of numbered drums that count the miles traveled. Some odometers, called trip meters, are manually resettable to zero; these are used to measure the lengths of individual trips. Odometers are often equipped with means for indicating if they have been tampered with, i.e., set back to make it appear that a vehicle has traveled fewer miles than it actually has. An instrument similar in design and function to the automotive odometer may be fitted to a bicycle.

odometer

US and Canadian a device that records the number of miles that a bicycle or motor vehicle has travelled

odometer [ō′däm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

An instrument for measuring distance traversed, as of a vehicle.

The indicating gage of such an instrument.

A wheel pulled by surveyors to measure distance traveled.

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No references found	Finney pleaded guilty to four charges of supplying vans when the odometers had been clocked and to three of providing vehicles with a false service history. Trader clocked 4 vans; PELSALL: Mileage reduced by Birmingham Mail (England) After a day or two on the new legs though, the ants could gauge the distance correctly, as if they'd reset their odometers, researchers report in the June 30 Science. Stilts for ants make case for pedometer by Cowen, R. / Science News Rolling back odometers makes it appear that cars have lower mileage than they actually do. Odometer fraud hurts. (Stateline) by State Legislatures	Odiorne Point State Park Odishi Odissei Akhillesovich Dimitriadi Odissei Dimitriadi ODM ODMA ODMG ODMR Odnodvortsy Odo Odo Festival Odo of Bayeux Odoacer Odobenidae Odocoileus Odoev Odoevskii Odoevskii, Aleksandr Odoevskii, Aleksandr Ivanovich Odoevskii, Nikita Odoevskii, Nikita Ivanovich Odoevskii, Vladimir Odoevskii, Vladimir Fedorovich odograph odometer odometers odometry Odon Lechner Odonata ODonnell y Jorris, Leopoldo ODonovan Rossa, Jeremiah ODonovan, John odont-, odonto- odontalgia odontectomy odontexesis Odontoblast odontoblastoma Odontoceti odontoclast odontogenesis odontogenic odontogenic cyst odontogenic fibroma Odontoglossum Odontognathae odontoid odontoid process odontology odontoma odontophobia	ODOCS Common Naming Service ODOCS Data Management Service ODOCS HCI Navigation Service ODOCS System Control Services ODOD ODOE Odoev Odoevskii Odoevskii, Aleksandr Odoevskii, Aleksandr Ivanovich Odoevskii, Nikita Odoevskii, Nikita Ivanovich Odoevskii, Vladimir Odoevskii, Vladimir Fedorovich ODOF ODOG odograph odograph ODOJ ODOKA ODOL Odom Odom and Frey Futures and Options odometer odometer odometer odometer tampering odometers odometrical Odometrous odometry odometry Odon Odon de Conteville Odon Lechner Odon of Bayeux Odon of Conteville Odon Winkelpleck Public Library Odonata Odonata Odonata Libellulidae Pachydiplax Odonata Survey of Texas odonate odonate Odonates Odonates Odonatological Database ODonnell y Jorris, Leopoldo ODonovan Rossa, Jeremiah ODonovan, John odont(o)- odont- odont- odont-, odonto- odontalgia odontalgia odontalgia odontalgic

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Finney pleaded guilty to four charges of supplying vans when the odometers had been clocked and to three of providing vehicles with a false service history.

Trader clocked 4 vans; PELSALL: Mileage reduced by Birmingham Mail (England)

After a day or two on the new legs though, the ants could gauge the distance correctly, as if they'd reset their odometers, researchers report in the June 30 Science.

Stilts for ants make case for pedometer by Cowen, R. / Science News

Rolling back odometers makes it appear that cars have lower mileage than they actually do.

Odometer fraud hurts. (Stateline) by State Legislatures

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