Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for ascertaining the degree of resistance which the surfaces of different kinds of roads offer to wheeled carriages, etc., passing over them. Also
pirameter .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
dynamometer for measuring theforce required to drawwheel carriages onroads of differentconstructions .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek a trail + -meter.
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