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pedometer
An instrument for recording the number of steps taken when walking.
pedometer, paedometer (s) (noun); pedometers; paedometers (pl)
An instrument for measuring the weight and length of a child: Right after the birth of Celia's baby, the nurses used a pedometer to see how much her baby weighed and how tall she was.
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pedometer (s) (noun), pedometers (pl)
1. An instrument worn by an individual which records the number of steps taken as a way to measure the distance covered: Toni wore a pedometer on her belt when going for walks so she would know that she was getting lots of healthy, outdoor exercise.
2. Etymology: from French pedometre, "a device for measuring" which was formed from Latin ped-, "foot" + -metre, "meter."
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