pedometer

[ puh-dom-i-ter ]

/ pəˈdɒm ɪ tər /

an instrument worn by a walker or runner for recording the number of steps taken, thereby showing approximately the distance traveled.

Origin of pedometer

1723; < French pédomètre, equivalent to péd- (learned use of Latin ped- foot (stem of pēs); see pedi-) + -omètre (see -o-, -meter)

ped·o·met·ri·cal

[ped-uh-me-tri-kuh l] /ˌpɛd əˈmɛ trɪ kəl/, adjective ped·o·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb pe·dom·e·trist, noun

To help increase overall movement throughout the day, most fitness trackers measure total steps taken (similar to a pedometer).

How to Better Use Your Data | |January 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The purpose of the pedometer, as its name shows, is to measure the children.

Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook |Maria Montessori
A series of cinematograph pictures has been taken of the pedometer at a moment when the children are being measured.

Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook |Maria Montessori
I took out my pedometer, but it still marked twenty-five, not a degree more.

The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories |E. M. Forster

Distances on land were approximated by means of a pedometer and by rough triangulation.

The Long Labrador Trail |Dillon Wallace
But what think you, gentle reader, of walking with a Pedometer?

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 |John Wilson

pedometer

/ (pɪˈdɒmɪtə) /

a device containing a pivoted weight that records the number of steps taken in walking and hence the distance travelled