tachometer

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tachometer

  • /təˈkɒmətə(ɹ)/

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From tacho- + -meter.

noun tachometers · tachometre

  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.

Similar: rev counter, tach

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noun

Similar: rev counter, tach

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noun device for measuring rpm

Españolcuentarrevoluciones, tacómetro
한국어회전계 hoejeon'gye, 회전속도계 hoejeonsokdogye, 타코미터 takomiteo
日本語回転速度計 kaitensokudokei, タコメーター takomētā
中文轉速表 /转速表 zhuǎnsùbiǎo
हिन्दीवेगमापी vegmāpī
Portuguêstacômetro, tacómetro, taquímetro, conta-voltas, conta-giros, conta-rotações
Françaistachymètre, compte-tour, compte-tours
DeutschDrehzahlmesser, Tachometer
Italianotachimetro
Românătahometru, turometru
Русскийтахо́метр taxómetr
Tiếng Việtmáy đo tốc độ
עבריתמונה סיבובים moné sivuvím, טכומטר takhométer

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@misc{tachometer_2026,
  title = {tachometer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tachometer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}