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ɪ noun
1.
any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
2.
an instrument measuring revolutions per minute, as of an engine.
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tachometer (tæˈkɒmɪtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| any device for measuring speed, esp the rate of revolution of a shaft. Tachometers (rev counters) are often fitted to cars to indicate the number of revolutions per minute of the engine | |
| tachometric | |
| —adj | |
| tacho'metrical | |
| —adj | |
| tacho'metrically | |
| —adv | |
| ta'chometry | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
tachometer
1810, from Gk. tachos "speed" + Eng. -meter, on model of barometer, etc.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
tachometer ta·chom·e·ter (tā-kŏm'ĭ-tər, tə-)
n.
An instrument used to measure the rotations per minute of a rotating shaft.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
tachometer
device for indicating the angular (rotary) speed of a rotating shaft. The term is usually restricted to mechanical or electrical instruments that indicate instantaneous values of speed in revolutions per minute, rather than devices that count the number of revolutions in a measured time interval and indicate only average values for the interval.
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Example sentences
By using a tachometer to measure actual motor speed, it is possible to calculate motor loads.
Determine and record the operating speeds of the equipment with a tachometer or strobe.
There are a few changes inside, too, including touches such as blue lighting inside the tachometer ring.
The speedometer, tachometer and fuel gauges are all important.
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