anemometer

anemometer

anemometer, an instrument used to measure the velocity of the wind. It consists of a number of wind-driven cups connected to a vertical spindle which, as it rotates, moves a pointer on a scale marked in knots or miles an hour. In another type of anemometer, known as a ventimeter, the wind enters the bottom of a glass cylinder and pushes a disc up a vertical rod against the force of gravity, the wind strengths being marked up the side of the cylinder and indicated by the height reached by the disc.

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anemometer An instrument for measuring the speed of flow in a fluid. Meteorological anemometers measure wind speed. Most do so either from the rotation of a wind-driven turbine (‘rotating cups anemometer’) or from the wind pressure through a tube aligned by a vane to point into the wind (‘pressure-tube anemometer’).

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "anemometer." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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an·e·mom·e·ter / ˌanəˈmämitər/ • n. an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas. DERIVATIVES: an·e·mom·e·try / -trē/ n. an·e·mo·met·ric / -məˈmetrik/ adj.

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anemometer An instrument for measuring wind speed, usually either from the rotation of a wind-driven turbine (‘rotating-cups anemometer’) or from the wind pressure through a tube aligned by a vane to point into the wind (‘pressure-tube anemometer’).

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "anemometer." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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anemometer

anemometer Instrument using pressure tubes or rotating cups, vanes, or propellers to measure the speed or force of the wind.

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anemometer

anemometer see wind .

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