A pedal (from the Latin ''

pes Pes (Latin for "foot") or the acronym PES may refer to: Pes * Pes (unit), a Roman unit of length measurement roughly corresponding with a foot * Pes or podatus, a * Pes (rural locality), several rural localities in Russia * Pes (river), a river ...

'' ''pedis'', "foot") is a lever designed to be operated by foot and may refer to:

Computers and other equipment

* Footmouse, a foot-operated computer mouse * In medical transcription, 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 much greater than the drum's depth, with a struck head at both ends of the cylinder. Th ...

, 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, 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 keyboard played with the feet that is usually used to produce the low-pitched bass line of a piece of music. A pedalboard has long ...

, 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, 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 kind of piano which plays prerecorded music, some designs of which are driven by pedals

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 shoe and the crank allowing the leg to turn the bottom bracket spindle and propel the bicyc ...

, the part of a bicycle that the rider pushes with their foot to propel the vehicle * Pedalo, 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 * Pedals (The Nottingham Cycling Campaign), a cycling advocacy group in Nottingham, England *

Rudder pedal A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight. Aircraft e ...

, 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)