anemometer

English

An anemometer.

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ænɪˈmɒmətə/, /ænɪˈmɒmɪtə/
• (US) IPA: /ænɪˈmɑːmətɚ/

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνεμος (anemos, “wind”) +‎ -meter.

Noun

anemometer (plural anemometers)

1. (meteorology) An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind

Derived terms

• cup anemometer

Translations

an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind

• Asturian: anemómetru (ast) m
• Bulgarian: анемометър (bg) (anemométar) m
• Catalan: anemòmetre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 风力计 (cmn), 风速计 (cmn)

• Galician: anemómetro (gl) m
• Icelandic: vindmælir (is) m

• Italian: anemometro (it) m
• Japanese: 風速計 (ja) (fūsokukei), 風力計 (ja) (ふうりょくけい, fūryokukei)
• Malay: anemometer (ms)
• Norwegian: anemometer (no) n, skålanemometer (no) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вјетромјер (sh) m

  Roman: vjetromjer (sh) m

• Spanish: anemómetro (es) m

Synonyms

• wind-gauge

Related terms

• anemometry

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Dutch

Noun

anemometer m (plural anemometers, diminutive anemometertje)

1. (meteorology) anemometer

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Norwegian

Noun

anemometer n

1. (meteorology) anemometer