accelerometer

English

Etymology

accelerate +‎ -o- +‎ -meter

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

accelerometer (plural accelerometers)

1. An instrument for measuring acceleration.
2. An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.

Translations

instrument for measuring acceleration

• Afrikaans: versnellingsmeter
• Catalan: acceleròmetre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加速度計／加速度计 (zh), 加速度计 (zh) (jiāsùdùjì)

• Dutch: versnellingsmeter m
• Estonian: kiirendusandur
• Finnish: kiihtyvyysmittari, akselerometri
• French: accéléromètre (fr)
• Galician: acelerómetro m
• Georgian: აქსელერომეტრი (akseleromeṭri)
• German: Beschleunigungssensor m, Beschleunigungsmesser m
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• Greek: επιταχυνσιόμετρο (el) n (epitachynsiómetro)
• Japanese: 加速度計 (かそくどけい, kasokudokei)
• Malay: jangka pecut, meter pecut, akselerometer
• Polish: akcelerometr (pl) m, przyspieszeniomierz (pl) 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