A pedal (from the Latin '' pes'' ''pedis'', "foot") is a

lever A lever is a simple machine consisting of a beam (structure), beam or rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge, or '':wikt:fulcrum, fulcrum''. A lever is a rigid body capable of rotating on a point on itself. On the basis of the locations of fulcrum, l ...

designed to be operated by foot and may refer to:

Computers and other equipment

* Footmouse, a foot-operated computer mouse * In

medical transcription Medical transcription, also known as MT, is an allied health profession dealing with the process of transcribing voice-recorded medical reports that are dictated by physicians, nurses and other healthcare practitioners. Medical reports can be v ...

, a pedal is used to control playback of voice dictations

Geometry

* Pedal curve, a curve derived by construction from a given curve * Pedal triangle, a triangle obtained by projecting a point onto the sides of a triangle

Music

Albums

* ''Pedals'' (Rival Schools album) * ''Pedals'' (Speak album)

Other music

Bass drum pedal The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The instrument is typically cylindrical, with the drum's diameter usually greater than its depth, with a struck head at both ends of the cylinder. The he ...

, a pedal used to play a bass drum while leaving the drummer's hands free to play other drums with drum sticks, hands, etc. *

Effects pedal An effects unit, effects processor, or effects pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source through audio signal processing. Common effects include distortion/overdrive, often used with el ...

, a pedal used commonly for electric guitars *

Pedal keyboard A pedalboard (also called a pedal keyboard, pedal clavier, or, with electronic instruments, a bass pedalboard) is a musical keyboard, keyboard played with the feet that is usually used to produce the low-pitched bass line of a piece of music. A p ...

, 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 * Pedal point, a type of nonchord tone, usually in the bass *

Pedal tone Pedal tones (or pedals) are special low notes in the harmonic series of brass instruments. A pedal tone has the pitch of its harmonic series' fundamental tone. Its name comes from the foot pedal keyboard pedals of a pipe organ, which are used ...

, a fundamental tone played on brass instruments * Piano pedals, typically three pedals used to soften, sustain, or selectively sustain notes played on a piano * Pedal piano, a kind of piano that includes a pedalboard *

Player piano A player piano is a self-playing piano with a pneumatic or electromechanical mechanism that operates the piano action using perforated paper or metallic rolls. Modern versions use MIDI. The player piano gained popularity as mass-produced home ...

, a kind of piano which plays prerecorded music, some designs of which are driven by pedals * The damper mechanism on a vibraphone, also known as a "pedal"

Transportation

Bicycle pedal The pedal is the part of a bicycle that the rider pushes with their foot to propel the vehicle. It provides the connection between the cyclist's foot or Cycling shoe, shoe and the Crankset, crank allowing the leg to turn the bottom bracket spindl ...

, the part of a bicycle that the rider pushes with their foot to propel the vehicle *

Pedalo A pedalo (British English), pedal boat (U.S. English), or paddle boat (U.S., Canadian, and Australian English) is a human-powered watercraft propelled by the action of bicycle pedal, pedals turning a paddle wheel. Description A pedalo is ...

, a small boat, usually for recreation, propelled by one or more occupants using bicycle style pedals * Automobile pedal, such as the accelerator, brake, and clutch, see car controls *

Pedals (The Nottingham Cycling Campaign) Pedals is a voluntary organisation founded in 1979 to encourage more people to use bicycles and to campaign for safer and more attractive conditions for cyclists in the Nottingham area. Pedals campaigned to get Nottingham one of the country's l ...

, a cycling advocacy group in Nottingham, England * Rudder pedal, to control yaw on an airplane

Other uses

* Pedal bin, a container with a lid operated by a foot pedal * Pedal bone or ''coffin bone'', the last phalanx and most distal bone in the front and rear legs of horses, cattle, pigs, and other ruminants *

Pedals (bear) Pedals (died October 2016, New Jersey, United States) was an American black bear (''Ursus americanus'') that Animal locomotion, walked upright on its Hindlimb, hind legs because of injuries on its front paws. After videos of the bear were posted ...