tachometer

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Greek tachy-, 'fast' + -meter

[edit] Noun

tachometer (plural tachometers)

  1. A device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.
  2. A device for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of blood, a river, a machine, etc.

[edit] Translations

device for measuring rpm

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