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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pedal \Pe"dal\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pedal \Pe"dal\, adjective [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 {Pedal 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pedal
adjective: of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal extremity is 'foot'"
noun
1: a sustained bass note [syn: {pedal point}]
2: a lever that is operated with the foot [syn: {treadle}, {foot pedal}, {foot lever}]
verb
1: ride a bicycle [syn: {bicycle}, {cycle}, {bike}, {wheel}]
2: operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument [also: {pedalling}, {pedalled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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