anemometer

Example Sentences

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Satellites will team up with anemometers, pairing live aerial footage with wind patterns to tell firefighters exactly where the fire is going.

From Los Angeles Times

It may also have prompted the third director of the observatory - Romney Robinson - to develop a device for accurately measuring wind speed - the four cup anemometer.

From BBC

And on parade day, they will spread out along the route with anemometers to monitor weather conditions in real-time.

From Seattle Times

Dr. Lee Ju-hyung has largely avoided restaurants in recent months, but on the few occasions he’s dined out, he’s developed a strange, if sensible, habit: whipping out a small anemometer to check the airflow.

From Los Angeles Times

Officers were checking seven wind-detection machines, known as anemometers, as the balloons proceeded down the route from West 77th Street and Central Park West to the grandstand at Herald Square.

From Seattle Times