Meaning & use
speedometer
An instrument in a vehicle that shows its current speed.
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The speedometer showed she was driving well over the limit.
He glanced at the speedometer as he merged onto the highway.
A note on using this word
A speedometer shows current speed, while an odometer records the total distance a vehicle has traveled.
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