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A pedal (from the Latin pes, pedis, meaning 'foot') is a lever activated by one's foot, sometimes called a "foot pedal" (but all pedals are used by a foot). It may specifically refer to:

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Transport

  • Pedals in road vehicles, see Car controls#Pedals
  • Bicycle pedal, any set of levers which drive the rotation of a geartrain
  • Pedalo, a small boat, usually used for recreational purposes, powered by pedals
  • Rudder pedals on aircraft, see Rudder#Aircraft rudders
  • Pedals (The Nottingham Cycling Campaign), a campaign group in Nottingham, England

    • Music

  • Piano pedals, which alter the sound produced by the instrument
  • Pedal keyboard, a musical keyboard operated by the player's feet
  • Pedal harp, a modern orchestral harp with pedals used to change the tuning of its strings
  • Effects pedal, used commonly for electric guitars
  • Pedal point, a type of nonchord tone, usually in the bass
  • Pedal tone, a fundamental tone played on brass instruments
  • Bass drum pedal, which eases simultaneous use of the bass and snare

    • Other uses

    Electronic equipment:

  • Foot pedals are often used to control playback in transcribers used in medical transcription
  • Footmouse, a foot-operated computer mouse

    • Geometry:

  • Pedal triangle, a triangle obtained by projecting a point onto the sides of a triangle
  • Pedal curve, a curve derived by construction from a given curve
  • The use on a pedal bin

    • References

    Pedal Wikipedia
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