anemometer

noun

: 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

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1728, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anemometer was circa 1728

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“Anemometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anemometer. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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anemometer

noun
: an instrument for measuring the force or speed of the wind

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