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  • noun Plural form of tachometer.

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Examples

  • But as automatic transmissions become more complex, with manual-shifting modes and as many as eight forward gears, tachometers can help drivers monitor their engines and avoid picking the wrong gear.

    Why Speedometers Go to 160 Jonathan Welsh 2010

  • Other proposals still to be examined include fitting seat-belts on all buses and installing tachometers on public transport to reduce speeding, and thus cutting the number of road accidents, he said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Under conditions of information overload, both within and outside of markets, our mental tachometers surge far above the red line.

    Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

  • Under conditions of information overload, both within and outside of markets, our mental tachometers surge far above the red line.

    Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

  • The tachometers on his instrument panel told him that Gosnell had shifted power to number-three and -four engines.

    Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992

  • The tachometers on his instrument panel told him that Gosnell had shifted power to number-three and -four engines.

    Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992

  • Toyota spokesman John Hanson disputes that, saying tachometers react much more dramatically when short-circuits happen in a parked car than a car that is moving.

    Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News 2010

  • The company provides incremental, rotary encoders and tachometers, configured AC and DC coordinated drive systems and systems engineering resources for design and start up.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • The company provides incremental, rotary encoders and tachometers, configured AC and DC coordinated drive systems and systems engineering resources for design and start up.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Have you ever seen youtube videos of people filming their tachometers for 0-60 runs?

    Autoblog John Neff 2010

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