Speedometer

Definitions

1. An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
2. Such a device incorporating an odometer.

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Examples

“Although it might be thought that drivers would naturally refer⟳ constantly to the speedometer, older drivers who come⟳ to diesel driving after years of steam experience⟳ without the help⟳ of speedometers, as well as those on steam engines which have⟳ been equipped with speedometers in recent years, have⟳ not accustomed themselves to the constant use⟳ of this instrument.”

“But even Apple, the company that cast⟳ aside tradition when it reinvented phones, music players and headphones, bows to convention when it comes to speedometers. It displayed a classically-styled speedometer that reached 160 mph, an auto industry norm. That’s nearly twice the highest posted speed⟳ limit⟳ in the United States, 85 mph, on a stretch⟳ of highway in Texas. Why do our speedometers stretch⟳ to a speed⟳ that’s illegal, and only race-car drivers will ever reach⟳?”

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