The word for this device is an "odometer" from the Greek roots hodos (path) and métron (measure).
Hodos ("path") and metron ("measure") are Greek roots that form the word odometer, which means "a measure of distance traveled."
The Greek root "meter" means measure or measurement. It is commonly used in words related to measuring or counting, such as thermometer (device to measure temperature) or diameter (distance across a circle through its center).
The Greek root of "kilometer" is "kilo," which means a thousand. "Meter" is also derived from Greek and refers to a measurement of distance.
The word "telephone" is based on the Greek words for "distance" and "sound."
This comes from two Greek wordsHodos meaning path or gatewayMetron Meaning (loosely) measureWe now use the Meter to mean a device that measures and displays as well as the metric measurement for distance or length.
The word that most likely means "a measure of distance around a specific area" based on Greek roots is "perimeter." The term is derived from the Greek words "peri" meaning "around" and "metron" meaning "measure."
On foot.
anthropometric IS a greek word meaning ''measurement of humans''
They are lines that are equal in distance. The word comes from Greek and means 'having equal measurement'. A line is also isometric if it connects isometric points.
The prefix "tele" comes from the Greek word "tele," meaning "far off" or "distant." In the case of "telephone," it refers to a device that allows sound to be heard from a distance, enabling communication over long distances.
Hecataeus, Herodotus,
the greeks traveled around the moutains by boat