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An instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets
Answer for the clue "An instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets ", 13 letters:
accelerometer
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Word definitions for accelerometer in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Accelerometer \Ac*cel`er*om"e*ter\, n. [Accelerate + -meter.] An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An instrument for measuring acceleration. 2 An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration ; proper acceleration is not the same as coordinate acceleration (rate of change of velocity). For example, an accelerometer at rest on the surface of the Earth will measure an acceleration ...
Usage examples of accelerometer.
Glancing at the accelerometer I noticed that the needle was nudging past five and was almost at the figure six.
Other officers were standing by radar and radar altimeter, NST transceiver, drift indicator, accelerometer, and all the rest of it.
The resistance to acceleration must be tremendous, for the accelerometer needle registered zero.
He did not need to glance at the accelerometer mounted among the other tell-tale instruments on the bulkhead of his cabin.
At the edge of the field of vision, the Doppler telemeter and accelerometer spat out their little red numbers so rapidly that it was difficult to read the indicated speed.
Working quickly, he attached the much smaller, but much more efficient crystal-lattice trap and accelerometer to a port upstream from the main detector, where the substation tapped into the Tevatron flow.
His field of vision contracted until it embraced only the clock and the accelerometer, fifteen g, and four hundred and eighty seconds to go.
Lateral and graviton sensor array readouts, accelerometers, optical gyros, inertia!
He did not need to glance at the accelerometer mounted among the other tell-tale instruments on the bulkhead of his cabin.
At the edge of the field of vision, the Doppler telemeter and accelerometer spat out their little red numbers so rapidly that it was difficult to read the indicated speed.
At 2119 Amos checked to see that the forward sight was still bisecting the horizon and pressed the left throttle button for ten seconds after the accelerometer reached oneg.