Definition of Pedometer

1. Noun. Measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking.


Definition of Pedometer

1. n. 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 motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step.

Definition of Pedometer

1. Noun. A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked. ¹

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Definition of Pedometer

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Medical Definition of Pedometer

1. 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 motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step. Origin: Pedi-, pedo-: cf. F. Pedometre. (24 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedometer

pedogram
pedograph
pedography
pedohebephile
pedohebephiles
pedohebephilic
pedohebephilic disorder
pedologic
pedological
pedologies
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Literary usage of Pedometer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Human Vitality and Efficiency Under Prolonged Restricted Diet by Francis Gano Benedict (1919)
"COMPARISON OF Pedometer RECORDS, SQUAD A. WITH THOSE FOR SQUAD B ON NORMAL DIET. The normal values obtained for Squad B are recorded in the first line of ..."

2. The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Designed for the Use of Surveyors and by John Butler Johnson (1886)
"The Pedometer is a pocket-instrument for registering the number of paces taken when walking. It is generally FIG. 30.—FRONT VIEW. FIG. 31. ..."

3. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"There is some difference of opinion in regard-to the metal of which boxes should be composed, Pedometer. An instrument for measuring and counting the steps ..."

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