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accelerometer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ] (General-American)
• /ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/ (General-American)
• /ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/ (General-American)
• [ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ] (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin celerō Latin accelerō Latin accelerātuslbor. ▲ Latin accelerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accelerātiōder. English accelerationbf. English accelerate Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English accelerometer From accelerate + -o- + -meter.

Meanings

1. An instrument for measuring acceleration.
2. An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
   • Working with NR, ScotRail and Porterbrook, Perpetuum has fitted sensors with gyroscopes and accelerometers to trains that are already in passenger service. 2022 March 23, “Network News: Hitachi on-train track monitoring trial expands to Scottish routes”, in RAIL, number 953, page 13:
   • Near-synonym: vibrometer

Forms

Coordinates

tachometer · velocimeter · speedometer

Deriveds

microaccelerometer · piezoaccelerometer

Hypernyms

instrument · instrument

Hyponyms

piezoaccelerometer · microaccelerometer

Synonyms

vibrometer

Translations (31)

fi akselerometri (instrument for measuring acceleration) · ru акселеро́метр (instrument for measuring acceleration) · ms akselerometer (instrument for measuring acceleration) · de Beschleunigungssensor (instrument for measuring acceleration) · ca acceleròmetre (instrument for measuring acceleration) · nl versnellingsmeter (instrument for measuring acceleration) · pt acelerómetro (instrument for measuring acceleration) · pt acelerômetro (instrument for measuring acceleration) · hi त्वरणमापी (instrument for measuring acceleration) · ko 가속도계 (instrument for measuring acceleration) · fr accéléromètre (instrument for measuring acceleration) · fa شتابسنج (instrument for measuring acceleration) · pl przyspieszeniomierz (instrument for measuring acceleration) · gl acelerómetro (instrument for measuring acceleration) · tl darasigsukat (instrument for measuring acceleration) · af versnellingsmeter (instrument for measuring acceleration) · ms jangka pecut (instrument for measuring acceleration) · ka აქსელერომეტრი (instrument for measuring acceleration) · ja 加速度計 (instrument for measuring acceleration) · ro accelerometru (instrument for measuring acceleration) · ms meter pecut (instrument for measuring acceleration) · sv accelerometer (instrument for measuring acceleration) · fi kiihtyvyysmittari (instrument for measuring acceleration) · cmn 加速度計 /加速度计 (instrument for measuring acceleration) · el επιταχυνσιόμετρο (instrument for measuring acceleration) · de Beschleunigungsmesser (instrument for measuring acceleration) · et kiirendusandur (instrument for measuring acceleration) · id akselerometer (instrument for measuring acceleration) · es acelerómetro (instrument for measuring acceleration) · pl akcelerometr (instrument for measuring acceleration) · fi kiihtyvyysanturi (instrument for measuring acceleration)