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accelerometer

noun
/ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/US

Etymology

From accelerate + -o- + -meter.

  1. learned borrowing from accelerātus
  2. formed as accelerometer — “accelerate + -o- + -meter”

Definitions

  1. An instrument for measuring acceleration.

  2. An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.

    • Near-synonym: vibrometer
    • Working with NR, ScotRail and Porterbrook, Perpetuum has fitted sensors with gyroscopes and accelerometers to trains that are already in passenger service.

The neighborhood

Derived

microaccelerometer, piezoaccelerometer

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for accelerometer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA