accelerometer

accelerometer

English

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-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin celerō
Latin accelerō
Latin accelerātuslbor.
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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)der.
English -meter
English accelerometer

    From accelerate + -o- + -meter.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/, [ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ], /ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/, [ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ]
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    Noun

    accelerometer (plural accelerometers)

    1. An instrument for measuring acceleration.
      Hypernym: instrument
      Coordinate terms: velocimeter; speedometer; tachometer
    2. 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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