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ANEMOMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anemometer mean?
• ANEMOMETER (noun)
The noun ANEMOMETER has 1 sense:
1. a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind
Familiarity information: ANEMOMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
anemometer; wind gage; wind gauge
Hypernyms ("anemometer" is a kind of...):
gage; gauge (a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.)
Derivation:
anemometric; anemometrical (pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction)
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