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accelerometer

/ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/

accelerometer noun: an instrument for measuring acceleration.

Noun

accelerometer (plural accelerometers)

  1. An instrument for measuring acceleration.
  2. An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
    • Near-synonym: vibrometer
    • Working with NR, ScotRail and Porterbrook, Perpetuum has fitted sensors with gyroscopes and accelerometers to trains that are already in passenger service.2022 March 23, “Network News: Hitachi on-train track monitoring trial expands to Scottish routes”, in RAIL, number 953, page 13
    Synonyms:
    vibrometer

accelerometer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Malay

accelerometer in Hindi

instrument for measuring acceleration
त्वरणमापी tvaraṇmāpī

accelerometer in Tamil

முடுக்க அளவி, முடுக்கமானி, வேகவளர்ச்சிமானி

accelerometer in Tagalog

instrument for measuring acceleration
darasigsukat

accelerometer in Malay

instrument for measuring acceleration
jangka pecut, meter pecut, akselerometer
More languagesFewer languages
accelerometer in Indonesian
akselerometer
accelerometer in Persian
شتابسنج šetâbsanj

Synonyms of accelerometer

Forms of accelerometer

pluralaccelerometers

Plural of accelerometer: accelerometers

Origin of accelerometer

From accelerate + -o- + -meter.

Words formed from accelerometer

Questions about accelerometer

What does accelerometer mean?
Accelerometer means an instrument for measuring acceleration.
What is accelerometer in Hindi?
Accelerometer in Hindi is त्वरणमापी (tvaraṇmāpī). See Accelerometer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is accelerometer?
Accelerometer is a noun.
How do you pronounce accelerometer?
Accelerometer is pronounced /ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of accelerometer?
The plural of accelerometer is accelerometers.

Words near accelerometer in the dictionary

  1. accelero-
  2. accelerogram
  3. accelerograms
  4. accelerograph
  5. accelerographs
  6. accelerometer
  7. accelerometers
  8. accelerometric
  9. accelerometrical
  10. accelerometrically
  11. accelerometry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accelerometer (page history and authors); accelerometer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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