odometer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a meter that shows mileage traversed
    mileometer; milometer; hodometer.

WordNet

O*dom"e*ter noun
Etymology
Gr. , , an instrument for measuring distance; way + measure: cf.F. odométre, hodométre.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913