Pedometer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pedometer \Pe*dom"e*ter\, n. [Pedi-, pedo- + -meter: cf. F.
     p['e]dom[`e]tre.] (Mech.)
     An instrument for including the number of steps in walking,
     and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually
     in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion
     of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at


     each step.
     [1913 Webster] Pedometric

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pedometer
       n : measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken
           in walking