Accelerometer

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  • noun. An instrument used to measure acceleration.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An instrument for measuring the force required to start a train and keep it going and the centrifugal force when the train rounds a curve.
  • noun. An apparatus for showing by direct registry the law of the movement, in the function of time, of a piston subjected to the action of powder gases.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An instrument for measuring acceleration
  • noun. An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
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  • noun. an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets
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    "Q3: Do you think an accelerometer is necessary on a mobile phone?"
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