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- Definição1
- An instrument for measuring acceleration along the normal (vertical), longitudinal, or lateral axis of an aircraft or missile. Accelerometers, which are fitted in aircraft cockpits, are called g meters. Most aircraft accelerometers indicate instantaneous acceleration, as well as the maximum positive and negative g applied since the instrument was last set.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Subárea
- Flight Instruments
- Spanish
- acelerómetro
- Imagem
A depiction of an accelerometer designed at Sandia National Laboratories.
