PEDOMETER


Meaning of PEDOMETER in English

— pedometrical /ped'euh me"tri keuhl/ , adj. — pedometrically , adv. — pedometrist , n.

/peuh dom"i teuhr/ , n.

an instrument worn by a walker or runner for recording the number of steps taken, thereby showing approximately the distance traveled.

[ 1723; pédomètre, equiv. to péd- (learned use of L ped- foot (s. of pes ); see PEDI-) + -omètre (see -O-, -METER) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .