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ped⋅al

  [ped-l or, for 6–8, peed-l] noun, verb, -aled, -al⋅ing or (especially British) -alled, -al⋅ling, adjective
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–noun
1. a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
2. a leverlike part worked by the foot to supply power in various mechanisms, as the bicycle.
3. Music.
a. a foot-operated keyboard, as on an organ or harpsichord.
b. any of the keys of such a keyboard.
c. pedal point.
–verb (used without object)
4. to work or use the pedals, as in playing an organ or propelling a bicycle.
–verb (used with object)
5. to work the pedals of (an organ, bicycle, etc.).
–adjective
6. of or pertaining to a foot or the feet.
7. of or pertaining to a pedal or pedals.
8. using pedals: a pedal mechanism.
Origin:
1605–15; (< F pédale) < L pedālis of the feet. See ped- 2 , -al 1
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ped·al   (pěd'l)   
n.  
    1. A foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism, as in a loom, sewing machine, piano, or organ.
    2. A similar foot-operated part attached to a crank and used for powering various devices, such as a bicycle.
    3. A pedal point.
    4. A pedal keyboard.
  2. Music
    1. A pedal point.
    2. A pedal keyboard.
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to a pedal.
  2. also (pēd'l) Of or relating to a foot or footlike part: the pedal extremities.
v.   ped·aled or ped·alled, ped·al·ing or ped·al·ling, ped·als

v.   intr.
  1. To use or operate a pedal or pedals.
  2. To ride a bicycle.
v.   tr.
To operate the pedals of.

[French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis, one foot long, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
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Pedal

Pe"dal\, a. [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 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.

Pedal

Pe"dal\, n. [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.
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Language Translation for : pedal
Spanish: pedal,
German: das Pedal,
Japanese: ペダル
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pedal 
1611, "lever (on an organ) worked by foot," from Fr. pédale, from It. pedale "treadle, pedal," from L.L. pedale "(thing) of the foot," neut. of L. pedalis "of the foot," from pes (gen. pedis) "foot" (see foot). Extended to various mechanical contrivances by 1789. The verb is from the noun; 1866 of organs, 1888 of bicycles. Pedal-pushers "type of women's trousers suitable for bicycling" is from 1944.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ped·al
Pronunciation: 'ped-&l also 'pEd-
Function: adjective
: of or relating to the foot
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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pedal ped·al (pěd'l, pēd'l)
adj.
Of or relating to a foot or footlike part.

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pedal

see soft pedal.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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