accelerometer
nounUS /ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/
Etymology From accelerate + -o- + -meter.
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:
- Derived terms
- microaccelerometer, piezoaccelerometer
- Hyponyms
- microaccelerometer, piezoaccelerometer