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 A lever is a simple machine consisting of a beam or rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge, or ''fulcrum''. A lever is a rigid body capable of rotating on a point on itself. On the basis of the locations of fulcrum, load and effort, the lever is div ...

designed to be operated by foot and may refer to:

Computers and other equipment

Footmouse A footmouse (or foot mouse) is a type of computer mouse (computer), mouse that gives the users the ability to move the Cursor (computers), cursor and click the mouse buttons with their feet. It is primarily used by users with Disability, disabiliti ...

, 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 vo ...

, a pedal is used to control playback of voice dictations

Geometry

Pedal curve A pedal (from the Latin '' pes'' ''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 p ...

, a curve derived by construction from a given curve *

Pedal triangle In geometry, a pedal triangle is obtained by projecting a point onto the sides of a triangle. More specifically, consider a triangle ''ABC'', and a point ''P'' that is not one of the vertices ''A, B, C''. Drop perpendiculars from ''P'' to the thr ...

, 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 In music, a pedal point (also pedal note, organ point, pedal tone, or pedal) is a sustained tone, typically in the bass, during which at least one foreign (i.e. dissonant) harmony is sounded in the other parts. A pedal point sometimes function ...

, a type of nonchord tone, usually in the bass * Pedal tone, a fundamental tone played on brass instruments *

Piano pedals Piano pedals are foot-operated levers at the base of a piano that change the instrument's sound in various ways. Modern pianos usually have three pedals, from left to right, the soft pedal (or una corda), the sostenuto pedal, and the sustaining ...

, typically three pedals used to soften, sustain, or selectively sustain notes played on a piano *

Pedal piano The pedal piano (or piano-pédalier or pédalier,) is a kind of piano that includes a pedalboard, enabling bass register notes to be played with the feet, as is standard on the organ. There are two broad types of pedal pianos: either the pedal ...

, 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 The coffin bone, also known as the pedal bone (U.S.), is the bottommost bone in the front and rear legs of horses, cattle, pigs and other ruminants. In horses it is encased by the hoof capsule. Also known as the distal phalanx, third phalanx, or ...

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)