anemometer

noun

an·​e·​mom·​e·​ter ˌa-nə-ˈmä-mə-tər How to pronounce anemometer (audio)
: an instrument for measuring and indicating the force or speed and sometimes direction of the wind

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Foster asked Arena if JPMorgan would agree to install an anemometer, to measure wind speed and direction, on a seventeenth-floor terrace. — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 If that didn’t work, then, yes, Foster could have his anemometer. — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025

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circa 1728, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anemometer was circa 1728

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anemometer

noun
an·​e·​mom·​e·​ter ˌan-ə-ˈmäm-ət-ər How to pronounce anemometer (audio)
: an instrument for measuring the force or speed of the wind

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