accelerometer

English

Etymology

accelerate +‎ -o- +‎ -meter

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æk.ˌsɛl.ə.ˈɹɑm.ə.tɚ/, /ɪk.ˌsɛl.ə.ˈɹɑm.ə.tɚ/
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Noun

accelerometer (plural accelerometers)

An instrument for measuring acceleration.
An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
- 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.

Derived terms

Translations

instrument for measuring acceleration

Afrikaans: versnellingsmeter
Catalan: acceleròmetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加速度計／加速度计 (zh) (jiāsùdùjì)
Dutch: versnellingsmeter (nl) m
Estonian: kiirendusandur
Finnish: kiihtyvyysmittari, akselerometri
French: accéléromètre (fr)
Galician: acelerómetro m
Georgian: აქსელერომეტრი (akseleromeṭri)
German: Beschleunigungssensor m, Beschleunigungsmesser m
Greek: επιταχυνσιόμετρο (el) n (epitachynsiómetro)
Indonesian: akselerometer (id)
Japanese: 加速度計 (かそくどけい, kasokudokei)
Malay: jangka pecut, meter pecut, akselerometer
Persian: شتابسنج (šetâbsanj)
Polish: akcelerometr (pl) m, przyspieszeniomierz (pl) m, przyśpieszeniomierz m
Portuguese: acelerómetro m (Portugal), acelerômetro m (Brazil)
Romanian: accelerometru (ro) n
Russian: акселеро́метр (ru) m (akselerómetr)
Spanish: acelerómetro (es) m
Swedish: accelerometer (sv) c
Tagalog: darasigsukat

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