pedometer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/pɪˈdɑmətɚ/
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/pɪˈdɑmətɚ/ · /pɪˈdɒmətə/

Definition of pedometer

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
    “A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.”

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Etymology

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, from French pédomètre, from pedi-, combining form for Latin pēs (“foot”), plus -ometer, from Greek. In French now the word is podomètre, and similar in other Romance languages and in Greek (ποδόμετρο (podómetro)). By surface analysis, pedo- (“foot”) + -meter = pedo- + -ometer.

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