Search the Dictionary

rally or figuratively; specifically (Zoöl.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.

Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. [R.] Maunder.

The act of measuring by paces. [R.] Ash.

Having two feet; biped.

Ten feet in length.

Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.

Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves.]

Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.

Containing a half foot.

Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.

Sesquipedality.

The quality or condition of being sesquipedal. Sterne.

Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland.

Having three feet.

as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.

The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler.

ler of an organ, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.

e large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

roduces; -- called also coefficient of resistance. -- Surface of elasticity (Geom.), the pedal surface of an ellipsoid (see Pedal); a surface used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction and their relation to the elastic force of the luminous ether in crystalline media.

in the rear hub of a cycle, which engages the rear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals are rotated forwards, but permits the rear wheel to run on free from the rear sprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards. Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes, operated by back ped…