accelerometer

English

Etymology

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.

Hyponyms

• microaccelerometer
• piezoaccelerometer

Derived terms

• microaccelerometer
• piezoaccelerometer

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, kiihtyvyysanturi, akselerometri
• French: accéléromètre (fr)
• Galician: acelerómetro m
• Georgian: აქსელერომეტრი (akseleromeṭri)
• German: Beschleunigungssensor m, Beschleunigungsmesser m
• Greek: επιταχυνσιόμετρο (el) n (epitachynsiómetro)
• Hindi: त्वरणमापी (tvaraṇmāpī)
• 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