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/
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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