(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) A cart equipped with an odometer, for measuring distance, and a hydraulic dynamometer, for measuring draught force, was used.
(2) A wagon equipped with an odometer and a hydraulic dynamometer was used for measuring distance and draught force.
(3) Voluntary exercise was provided by free access to running wheels fitted with odometers.
(4) The hydrostatic pressure required to reduce the water content of rabbit feces in an odometer from greater than 80 to less than 65% was approximately 5 atm.