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.
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Accelerometer
//ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ//
Synonyms for "accelerometer" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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31 translations across 23 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- versnellingsmeter noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Catalan
1 entries- acceleròmetre noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 加速度計 /加速度计 noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Dutch
1 entries- versnellingsmeter noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Estonian
1 entries- kiirendusandur noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Finnish
3 entries- akselerometri noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
- kiihtyvyysanturi noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
- kiihtyvyysmittari noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
French
1 entries- accéléromètre noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Galician
1 entries- acelerómetro noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Georgian
1 entries- აქსელერომეტრი noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
German
2 entries- Beschleunigungsmesser noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
- Beschleunigungssensor noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Greek
1 entries- επιταχυνσιόμετρο noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Hindi
1 entries- त्वरणमापी noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Indonesian
1 entries- akselerometer noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Japanese
1 entries- 加速度計 noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Malay
3 entries- akselerometer noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
- jangka pecut noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
- meter pecut noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Persian
1 entries- شتابسنج noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Polish
3 entries- akcelerometr noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
- przyspieszeniomierz noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
- przyśpieszeniomierz noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Portuguese
2 entries- acelerómetro noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
- acelerômetro noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Romanian
1 entries- accelerometru noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Russian
1 entries- акселеро́метр noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Spanish
1 entries- acelerómetro noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Swedish
1 entries- accelerometer noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Tagalog
1 entries- darasigsukat noun (instrument for measuring acceleration)
Sample sentences
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Near-synonym: vibrometer
Source: wiktionary
Working with NR, ScotRail and Porterbrook, Perpetuum has fitted sensors with gyroscopes and accelerometers to trains that are already in passenger service.
Source: wiktionary
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