foot pedal

collocation in English

meaningsoffootandpedal

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withfoot.
foot
noun
uk
/fʊt/us
/fʊt/
the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or ...
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pedal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈped.əl/us
/ˈped.əl/
operated by a pedal ...
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(Definition offootandpedalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffoot pedal

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Thefootpedalprovides a volume control by adjusting the speech amplitude and this mapping is fixed.
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For the first performance of this new electroacoustic arrangement,3 a version forfootpedalwas created.
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I built some control devices for this, one of which used afootpedalto control the volume envelope.
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He depresses thefootpedaland the sound comes out of the synthesizer.
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In terms of timing and perception in performance, when one steps on afootpedalin front of the audience, one creates a 'giveaway'.
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First, we tested cats in a visual detection task that required the animals to press a central, stationaryfootpedalto indicate detection of a peripheral visual stimulus.
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What was called the dead man's handle—it was actually afootpedal—never made trains safe although it was supposed to.
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Nurses have been observed putting things into pedal bins on wards without using thefootpedal.
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There is one where thefootpedaloperates two distinct sorts of braking systems, and there is another where the foot pedal operates only one and the hand-brake another.
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Four-wheel braking from a commonfootpedalwas introduced, as was the use of hydraulically actuated brakes.
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Mechanical page-turners are also available, sometimes controlled by the musician via afootpedal.
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Trains feature a single lapbar in each row actuated by depressing afootpedalnear the front of each car, done by a station attendant.
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Stored words were selected by pressing afootpedalat the same time as striking the letter to which the word is keyed.
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The brakes followed the convention of the time, with the hand lever operating the rear drums and thefootpedala transmission brake.
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Manual feed riveting machines usually have a mechanical lever to deliver the setting force from afootpedalor hand lever.
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Some songs have a foot version that adds a seventh column with green note bars played using thefootpedal.
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However, thefootpedalhad been in use for too long for a patent to be issued.
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