Definition: A device you wear that measures and displays your heart rate while exercising. Commonly, it has a monitor strap held in place around the chest by an elastic band. The heart rate is displayed on a watch, badge, or translated into sound through earphones. Walkers, runners, bikers use heart rate monitors to achieve the intensity of workout they want. Various models have other functions such a stopwatch, time of day, pre-set workouts, calories burned.
Pronunciation: hart rate mon-i-ter (noun)
Also Known As: HRM, Polar monitor, cardio monitor
Common Misspellings: heartrate monitor
Examples:
Robert Korzenioski won the 20 kilometer walk in the 2000 Olympic Games while wearing a heart rate monitor.
