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Tachometer

Tachometer Meaning & Definition
Tachometer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tachometer?

[n] measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tachometer: tach

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See Also | measuring device | measuring instrument | measuring system | tachograph

Tachometer In Webster's Dictionary

\Ta*chom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? swiftness, speed (fr. tachy`s quick) + -meter: cf. F. tachom[`e]tre.] An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance. Specifically: (a) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork. (b) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial. (c) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a h[ae]matachometer.

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