anemometer
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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 ● Jul. 13, 2025
A weather station with a spinning anemometer sits atop the shack.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2018
And while other competing anemometer designs existed, involving liquids and tubes, the four-cup design became standard in American mete- orology in the nineteenth century, remaining remarkably stable.
From Time ● Aug. 4, 2015
An anemometer, an instrument for measuring wind speed and direction, is mounted on top of the car, as is a GPS device.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2013
In the painting he was standing next to a globe and holding an anemometer, a device for measuring wind speed.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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