cyclometer

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noun

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

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cyclocomputer
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Meanings

nouncyclometer (plural cyclometers)

plural cyclometers

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

    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.

    1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IX, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. I: From San Francisco to Teheran, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 244–246

    Synonyms: cyclocomputer

  2. An instrument for measuring circular arcs.
  3. historicalA machine used to decrypt Enigma machine ciphers.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
cyclocomputer
Also see
cyclocomputer

Origin

From cyclo- + -meter.

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Cite this entry
APA

cyclometer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclometer

MLA

“cyclometer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclometer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclometer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclometer.

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