Look up: Pedal

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   pedal
   a long held note within a piece of music; the pedal is held while other parts move above it.
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   pedal
   [adj] - of or relating to the feet 2. [n] - a lever that is operated with the foot 3. [v] - operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
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   pedal
   control device foot operated in one direction only Category: Mechanical engineering
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   Pedal
   Pe'dal adjective [ Latin pedalis , from pes , pedis , foot. See Foot , and confer Pew .] 1. Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zoology) , pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion. 2. Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. Pedal curve or surface
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   Pedal
   Pe'dal noun [ Confer French pédale , Italian pedale . See Pedal , adjective ] 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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   pedal
   1. <marine biology, zoology> Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically, pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion. ... 2. Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. ... <geometry> Pedal curve or surface, an organ which has pedals or a range of keys moved by the feet; that portion ...
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   pedal
   adjective of or relating to the feet; `the word for a pedal extremity is `foot``
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   pedal
   treadle noun a lever that is operated with the foot
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   Pedal
   The word `pedal` comes from the Latin (`pes`, `Pedis`) and relates to the foot. A pedal is a lever activated by one's foot. Examples include: * An automobile has usually three pedals. See automobile pedal. * Bicycle pedal: on a bicycle, each of two platforms at the end of the crankarms, connected such that while the crank arms rotate, the pedals can stay parallel to the shoe soles; this human powered rotation provides the propulsion, usually th...
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    pedal
    (ped´әl) pertaining to the foot or feet.
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    Pedal
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. • (a.) A pedal curve or surface. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion. • (a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, ...
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    pedal
    (from the article `keyboard instrument`) Unlike their Austrian and German counterparts, English pianos had two or, at most, three pedals. One of the two ordinary pedals shifted the keyboard ... ...way in which musicians and musical instrument makers influence the sound of their instruments is by the use of sympathetically vibrating stri...
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    pedal
    (from the article `bicycle`) The word bicycle came into use in Europe in 1868 to replace the cumbersome vélocipède de pedale. The first velocipede powered via pedals mounted on ...
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    pedal
    pedal 1. A lever worked by the foot, in various musical instruments, and with various functions. 2. Of, pertaining to, or connected with the foot or feet. 3. To work the pedals of a bicycle, etc. so as to propel it.
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    pedal
    Relating to the feet, or to any structure called pes. [L. pedalis, fr. pes (ped-), a foot]
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    pedal
    
    1. a sustained bass note
    2. a lever that is operated with the foot
    
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