- pedometer
- pe|dom|e|ter [ pı`damıtər ] noun counta piece of equipment used for measuring the distance someone walks
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
Pedometer — Pe*dom e*ter, n. [Pedi , pedo + meter: cf. F. p[ e]dom[ e]tre.] (Mech.) An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pedometer — (v. lat. u. gr.), Schrittzähler, Wegmesser … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Pedométer — (lat. griech.), s. Schrittzähler … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Pedometer — Pedometer, s. Schrittzähler … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
Pedometer — Pedomēter (grch.), s. Wegmesser … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Pedometer — Pedometer, Wegmesser … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
pedometer — instrument for measuring distances covered by a walker, 1723, from Fr. pédomètre (1723), a hybrid coined from L. pedis (gen. of pes foot ) + Gk. metron (see METER (Cf. meter)). At first Englished as waywiser … Etymology dictionary
pedometer — ► NOUN ▪ an instrument for estimating the distance travelled on foot by recording the number of steps taken. ORIGIN from Latin pes foot … English terms dictionary
pedometer — [pē däm′ət ər, pidäm′ət ər] n. [Fr pédomètre < L pes (gen. pedis), FOOT + Gr metron,MEASURE] an instrument carried by a walker, which measures approximately the distance covered in walking by recording the number of steps … English World dictionary
Pedometer — A pedometer (also known as a Tomish meter, perhaps after the alleged inventor of a successful device, Thomas Jefferson ) or step counter is a device, in modern times usually portable and electronic or electromechanical, that counts each step a… … Wikipedia
Pedometer — mechanisches Pedometer. elektronisches Pedometer … Deutsch Wikipedia