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English
Etymology
From accelerate + -o- + -meter.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/, , /ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/,
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Noun
accelerometer (plural accelerometers)
- An instrument for measuring acceleration.
- Hypernym: instrument
- Coordinate terms: velocimeter; speedometer; tachometer
- An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
- Hypernym: instrument
- Near-synonym: vibrometer
- 2022 March 23, “Network News: Hitachi on-train track monitoring trial expands to Scottish routes”, in RAIL, number 953, page 13:
- Working with NR, ScotRail and Porterbrook, Perpetuum has fitted sensors with gyroscopes and accelerometers to trains that are already in passenger service.
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Translations
instrument for measuring acceleration
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