About The Word Pedal
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Pedal
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What's The Definition Of Pedal?
[n] a lever that is operated with the foot
[n] a sustained bass note [adj] of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'" [v] operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument [v] ride a bicycle Synonyms | Synonyms for Pedal: bicycle | bike | cycle | foot lever | foot pedal | pedal point | treadle | wheel Related Terms | Find terms related to Pedal: advance | bar | beam | bicycle | bike | boom | bowl | bunt | bus | butt | cant hook | catch a train | chauffeur | choir | claviature | claw bar | clawed | console | crank | crow | crowbar | cycle | drive | echo | eighty-eight | entrain | fingerboard | footed | forward | go by rail | great | handspike | hoofed | impel | iron crow | ivories | jimmy | joyride | keyboard | keys | lever | limb | make a train | manual | marlinespike | motor | motorcycle | move | organ manual | outrigger | peavey | pedals | piano keys | pinch bar | plantar | pole | prize | propel | pry | push | ride | ripping bar | roll | row | shove | shunt | solo | spar | sweep | sweep along | swell | take a joyride | taloned | taxi | thrust | toed | treadle | troll | trundle | ungulate | wheel | wrecking bar See Also | accelerator | accelerator pedal | automotive vehicle | backpedal | bicycle | bike | brake pedal | clutch | clutch pedal | control | gas | gas pedal | gun | lever | loud pedal | motor vehicle | musical note | note | operate | organ | pipe organ | play | ride | soft pedal | spiel | sustaining pedal | throttle | tone | wheel Pedal In Webster's Dictionary \Pe"dal\, a. [L. pedalis, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See
{Foot}, and cf. {Pew}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or
figuratively; specifically (Zo["o]l.), pertaining to the
foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.
2. Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
{Pedal curve} or {surface} (Geom.), the curve or surface
which is the locus of the feet of perpendiculars let fall
from a fixed point upon the straight lines tangent to a
given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a given
surface.
{Pedal note} (Mus.), the note which is held or sustained
through an organ point. See {Organ point}, under {Organ}.
{Pedal organ} (Mus.), an organ which has pedals or a range of
keys moved by the feet; that portion of a full organ which
is played with the feet.
\Pe"dal\, n. [Cf. F. p['e]dale, It. pedale. See {Pedal}, a.] 1. (Mech.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle. 2. (Geom.) A pedal curve or surface. |
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