(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.
Speedometer
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The test takes a few seconds using one of many online speedometers, which include www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk , or www.speedtest.net .
(2) The simulated HUD speedometer produced generally superior performance on the experimental tasks; most important, it enabled subjects to respond significantly more quickly to the salient cues.
(3) I was fined £20 for having condensation on my speedometer."
(4) Six cues were used in order: no cue (N1), a speedometer dial (S), a flashing light (F), a verbal command (V), a metronome sound (M) and no cue, again (N2).
(5) Doc, an inventor who has yet to invent "something that works", has at last come good, successfully modifying a DeLorean car so that, with a nuclear-powered battery and an LCD speedometer, it can crisscross the time stream when driven at a certain speed .
(6) The headlamps are also damaged but the period gearstick, glovebox, running boards, speedometer and steering wheel remain intact.
(7) The same subjects intoxicated from alcohol accumulated significantly more accelerator, brake, signal, speedometer, and total errors than under normal conditions, whereas there was no significant difference in steering errors.
(8) Speed was recorded and controlled using a speedometer cart.
(9) He relates the analog display of information to that of an automobile speedometer or the hands of a standard wrist watch.
(10) This study compared the effects of simulated head-up display (HUD) and dashboard-mounted digital speedometers on key perceptual driving tasks in a simulated driving environment.
(11) The system is designed to be compatible with vehicles equipped with digital as well as standard speedometers and can be calibrated at any speed within its operating range.
(12) Subjects experiencing a "social marihuana high" accumulated significantly more speedometer errors than when under control conditions, whereas there were no significant differences in accelerator, brake, signal, steering, and total errors.
(13) Overall, a significant difference in performance between the two speedometer conditions indicated that subjects overestimated the target speed when they were not given access to their speedometer.
(14) Walking speed is recorded and controlled by means of a speedometer cart.
(15) Subjects were required to decelerate from a constant speed of 30 mph to a target speed of 20 mph under two conditions: using their speedometer and being deprived of its use.