cyclometer — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A device that counts the revolutions of a bicycle wheel in order to indicate distance travelled.

   Synonyme

   cyclocomputer

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   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.

2. An instrument for measuring circular arcs.

3. A machine used to decrypt Enigma machine ciphers.

   Gebrauch

   • historisch