The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ODOMETER
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More clues leading to the result ODOMETER
- What shows movement of old building and every other one in theory
- Motored east, after calibrating this?
- European motored about — this could prove it
- Measuring device to suffice in remote travelling
- Do remote changes to measuring device
- Instrument revealing Frodo met Erik, essentially
- Cheat collected energy in alternative measuring device
- It measures the miles possibly motored around English capital
- One can clock up miles travelled, having motored freely round Spain
- It registers miles motored, possibly around the Orient
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The straight part
We know that "this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case this = odometer.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ODOMETER mean?
ODOMETER noun- An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traveled.
- A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.