accelerometer
noun
ac·cel·er·om·e·ter
| \ ik-ˌse-lə-ˈrä-mə-tər
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Definition of accelerometer
: an instrument for measuring acceleration or for detecting and measuring vibrations
Examples of accelerometer in a Sentence
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Using accelerometers -- a wearable device that tracks the volume and intensity of activity -- to measure total activity, intensity levels were separated into categories of light, moderate and vigorous. — Allen Kim, CNN, "Want to avoid an early death? Get moving, a study says," 22 Aug. 2019 Each player wore an accelerometer in his helmet to capture the forces at play during practices and games during the season. — Fox News, "Routine football collisions could damage players' brains, researchers say," 13 Aug. 2019 The app uses two of the smartphone’s sensors in ways they were not intended: the microphone and the accelerometer. — Jordan Wilkerson, Dallas News, "SMU researchers find a new way to snoop with smartphones. But should you be worried?," 12 Aug. 2019 The scientists plan to use their research to develop algorithms that could glean data from helmet accelerometers and signal when a player has sustained dangerous levels of damage. — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, "Just one season of playing football—even without a concussion—can cause brain damage," 7 Aug. 2019 The Active2's built-in accelerometer is supposedly improved, for more accurate activity tracking. — Wired, "Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active2 Is Its Latest Swipe at Apple," 5 Aug. 2019 But in most cases the systems, which rely on inputs from wheel sensors and accelerometers many times a second, are still only really reactive. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "The Lincoln Aviator uses cameras to read the road, smooth out big potholes," 22 July 2019 And, as in sleep lab studies, the headband also tracks head movement, heart rate, and respiration, relying on sound recordings and a miniature accelerometer like those found in smartphones. — Kelly Mayes, Science | AAAS, "Brain-monitoring headbands could track your sleep as well as a sleep lab," 10 July 2019 And while the ad didn’t include a compass, camera, barometer, altimeter, accelerometer, or GPS device, these too have vanished into the iPhone and other smartphones. — Andrew Mcafee, WIRED, "How the iPhone Helped Save the Planet," 29 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'accelerometer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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accelerometer
noun
ac·cel·er·om·e·ter
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Medical Definition of accelerometer
: an instrument for measuring acceleration or for detecting and measuring vibrations