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A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked
He thought that buying a pedometer would spur him on to exercise.
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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
