Series almost terribly remote - that shows you how far we've come (10)

I believe the answer is:

cyclometer

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'series almost terribly remote that shows you how far we've come' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'series almost terribly remote' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'remote' is 'ometer' which is present in the answer.
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