Meanings
nountachometer (plural tachometers)
plural tachometers · alternative tachometre
- A device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.
- A device for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of blood, a river, a machine, etc.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounmeasuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans toereteller
- toeretellerdevice for measuring rpm
Catalan tacòmetre, compta-revolucions
- tacòmetredevice for measuring rpm
- compta-revolucionsdevice for measuring rpm
- comptavoltesdevice for measuring rpm
Chinese Mandarin 轉速表 /转速表
- 轉速表 /转速表 (zhuǎnsùbiǎo)device for measuring rpm
Czech otáčkoměr
- otáčkoměrdevice for measuring rpm
Danish omdrejningstæller
- omdrejningstællerdevice for measuring rpm
Dutch toerenteller
- toerentellerdevice for measuring rpm
Esperanto taĥimetro
- taĥimetrodevice for measuring rpm
Estonian pöördeloendur
- pöördeloendurdevice for measuring rpm
Finnish kierroslukumittari, takometri
- kierroslukumittaridevice for measuring rpm
- takometridevice for measuring rpm
French tachymètre, compte-tour
- tachymètredevice for measuring rpm
- compte-tourdevice for measuring rpm
- compte-toursdevice for measuring rpm
German Drehzahlmesser, Tachometer
- Drehzahlmesserdevice for measuring rpm
- Tachometerdevice for measuring rpm
Hebrew מונה סיבובים, טכומטר
- מונה סיבובים (moné sivuvím)device for measuring rpm
- טכומטר (takhométer)device for measuring rpm
Hindi वेगमापी
- वेगमापी (vegmāpī)device for measuring rpm
Hungarian fordulatszámmérő
- fordulatszámmérődevice for measuring rpm
Icelandic snúningshraðamælir
- snúningshraðamælirdevice for measuring rpm
Indonesian takometer
- takometerdevice for measuring rpm
Italian tachimetro
- tachimetrodevice for measuring rpm
Japanese 回転速度計, タコメーター
- 回転速度計 (kaitensokudokei)device for measuring rpm
- タコメーター (takomētā)device for measuring rpm
Korean 회전계, 회전속도계
- 회전계 (hoejeon'gye)device for measuring rpm
- 회전속도계 (hoejeonsokdogye)device for measuring rpm
- 타코미터 (takomiteo)device for measuring rpm
Malay takometer
- takometerdevice for measuring rpm
Norwegian Bokmål turteller, takometer
- turtellerdevice for measuring rpm
- takometerdevice for measuring rpm
Polish obrotomierz, tachometr
- obrotomierzdevice for measuring rpm
- tachometrdevice for measuring rpm
Portuguese tacômetro, tacómetro
- tacômetrodevice for measuring rpm
- tacómetrodevice for measuring rpm
- taquímetrodevice for measuring rpm
- conta-voltasdevice for measuring rpm
- conta-girosdevice for measuring rpm
- conta-rotaçõesdevice for measuring rpm
Romanian tahometru, turometru
- tahometrudevice for measuring rpm
- turometrudevice for measuring rpm
Russian тахо́метр
- тахо́метр (taxómetr)device for measuring rpm
Spanish cuentarrevoluciones, tacómetro
- cuentarrevolucionesdevice for measuring rpm
- tacómetrodevice for measuring rpm
Swedish varvtalsmätare, varvräknare
- varvtalsmätaredevice for measuring rpm
- varvräknaredevice for measuring rpm
Tagalog inugsukat
- inugsukatdevice for measuring rpm
Tamil சுழற்சி அளவி, வேகமானி
- சுழற்சி அளவி (cuḻaṟci aḷavi)device for measuring rpm
- வேகமானி (vēkamāṉi)device for measuring rpm
Thai เครื่องวัดวามเร็ว
- เครื่องวัดวามเร็วdevice for measuring rpm
Turkish devir saati
- devir saatidevice for measuring rpm
Ukrainian тахо́метр
- тахо́метр (taxómetr)device for measuring rpm
Vietnamese máy đo tốc độ
- máy đo tốc độdevice for measuring rpm
Cite this entry
APA
tachometer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tachometer
MLA
“tachometer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tachometer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tachometer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tachometer.
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