accelerometer

[ ak-sel-uh-rom-i-ter ]

noun
  1. an instrument for measuring acceleration, as of aircraft or guided missiles.

Origin of accelerometer

1
First recorded in 1900–05; acceler(ation) + -o- + -meter

Words Nearby accelerometer

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How to use accelerometer in a sentence

  • It utilizes the iPhone's built in accelerometer and microphone to track the data.

  • The most basic ones are equipped with an accelerometer, which measures motion to collect data activity, steps and sleep.

  • Aside from the accelerometer, it has the ability to constantly monitor your heart-rate for several days on end!

  • The accelerometer climbed higher and higher, and he felt as though he could hardly move his hands to the proper switches.

    The Man Who Hated Mars | Gordon Randall Garrett
  • For an instant, the accelerometer hovered at twelve G, and slipped toward thirteen.

    The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin
  • But I wasnt really to find out what that accelerometer was for until I used it.

    Test Pilot | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • I knew that the accelerometer was to indicate the force of the pull-outs.

    Test Pilot | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • At eight thousand feet on the altimeter I shifted my gaze to the accelerometer and horsed.

    Test Pilot | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

British Dictionary definitions for accelerometer

accelerometer

/ (ækˌsɛləˈrɒmɪtə) /


noun
  1. an instrument for measuring acceleration, esp of an aircraft or rocket

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