Accelerometer
/ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/
"Accelerometer" in a Sentence (3 examples)
Using a flock of Northern Bald Ibises, Portugal and his team attached small devices to the back of each bird — a GPS navigation device and an accelerometer, to track wing movements.
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.