Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An instrument used to measure acceleration.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An instrument for measuring the force required to start a train and keep it going and the centrifugal force when the train rounds a curve. The instrument consists of two glass vessels connected by a tube, one containing a liquid such as mercury and the other red alcohol.
Amer. Inventor, July 15, 1904, p. 312. - n. An apparatus for showing by direct registry the law of the movement, in the function of time, of a piston subjected to the action of powder gases.
Wiktionary
- n. An instrument for measuring acceleration
- n. An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets
Etymologies
- accelerate + -meter (Wiktionary)
- acceler(ation) + -meter. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Q3: Do you think an accelerometer is necessary on a mobile phone?”
“All the best features of the N95 model camera are there; the 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss designed Optics, glass lens and DVD-quality video, now enhanced by a dual-LED flash and built in accelerometer, which automatically switches the image to widescreen depending on how the phone is held.”
“Today, free software called ShakerRacer that lets you use a mobile phone with a built-in accelerometer to control toy cars.”
“The unofficial iPhone version of Super Mario Bros. can now be controlled with the device's built-in accelerometer with the latest release (v. 2.3.0) of the popular Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, NES. app.”
“While these games have been available for the iPod Classic and iPod nano, these new versions offer high-resolution graphics and three different ways to control the action: the virtual d-pad, touch-screen or by using the built-in accelerometer by tilting the device in a given direction.”
“Programs can be controlled with different sequences of knocks, thanks to an ordinary laptop's built-in accelerometer and some cunning software”
“If you flip it around so that click wheel is now at the top and facing you, Nano’s built-in accelerometer ensures that your video will still be captured right side up.”
“The accelerometer is able to pick up these waves and sense the balance of the body and the changes in the runner’s gait, such as the length of strides and the frequency of steps.”
“There was a wooden swing with a built in accelerometer.”
“While the program is now available only on the iPhone, Mr. DeVaul says he is looking at creating a similar program for Google Inc. 's Android platform and Research In Motion Ltd. 's BlackBerry Storm, since both the G1 and Storm feature an accelerometer, which is necessary to record steps.”
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bilby New-fangled pedometers have accelerometers inside them. They demonstrate more accurate step-counting than the older-style ones that use a pendulum.
/trivia Oct 29, 2009