tachometer

Questions about tachometer

What does tachometer mean?

tachometer means "measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation".

How many syllables are in tachometer?

tachometer has 4 syllables and divides as ta-cho-me-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tachometer?

Close synonyms include tach. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tachometer a common word?

tachometer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.