The cyclometer was a cryptologic device designed, `probably in 1934 or 1935,` by Marian Rejewski of the Polish Cipher Bureau`s German section (BS-4) to facilitate decryption of German Enigma ciphertext. ==History== The cyclometer was used to prepare a catalog of the length and number of cycles in the `characteristics` for all 17,576 positions... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclometer
Cy·clom'e·ter noun [ Cyclo- + -meter .] A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/209
an instrument that measures circular arcs. · a device for recording the revolutions of a wheel and hence the distance traversed by a wheeled vehicle; odometer. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/cyclometer