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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

pedal ped·al (pěd'l, pēd'l)
adj.
Of or relating to a foot or footlike part.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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