English Explanatory Dictionary

tachometer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/təˈkɒmətə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tachometer.wav

Word forms

tachometer tachometers tachometre

Etymology

From tacho- + -meter.

Synonyms

rev counter tach

Related words

tachygraphy tachymeter

Derived words

cardiotachometer haematachometer phototachometer pneumotachometer

Translations

Afrikaans: toereteller Belarusian: тахо́метр Catalan: tacòmetre Catalan: compta-revolucions Catalan: comptavoltes Chinese Mandarin: 轉速表 /转速表 Czech: otáčkoměr Danish: omdrejningstæller Dutch: toerenteller Esperanto: taĥimetro Estonian: pöördeloendur Faroese: snúningsmátari Faroese: ferðmátari Finnish: kierroslukumittari Finnish: takometri French: tachymètre French: compte-tour French: compte-tours Galician: contarrevolucións Galician: tacómetro Georgian: ტაქომეტრი German: Drehzahlmesser German: Tachometer Gujarati: વેગમાપક Hebrew: מונה סיבובים Hebrew: טכומטר Hindi: वेगमापी Hungarian: fordulatszámmérő Icelandic: snúningshraðamælir Indonesian: takometer Italian: tachimetro Japanese: 回転速度計 Japanese: タコメーター Kannada: ವೇಗಮಾಪಕ Korean: 회전계 Korean: 회전속도계 Korean: 타코미터 Macedonian: вртежомер Malay: takometer Norwegian Bokmål: turteller Norwegian Bokmål: takometer Norwegian Nynorsk: turteljar Norwegian Nynorsk: takometer Polish: obrotomierz Polish: tachometr Portuguese: tacômetro Portuguese: tacómetro Portuguese: taquímetro Portuguese: conta-voltas Portuguese: conta-giros Portuguese: conta-rotações Romanian: tahometru Romanian: turometru Russian: тахо́метр Spanish: cuentarrevoluciones Spanish: tacómetro Swedish: varvtalsmätare Swedish: varvräknare Tagalog: inugsukat Tamil: சுழற்சி அளவி Tamil: வேகமானி Thai: เครื่องวัดวามเร็ว Tibetan: ཤེད་འཕྲུལ་འགྲོས་ཁྲ། Turkish: devir saati
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