cyclometer

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

Noun

  1. A 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...

    Synonyms: cyclocomputer

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

Origin

From cyclo- + -meter.

Forms

cyclometers