wind vane
Example Sentences
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It was the nightly relay of the weather data, gathered from the wind vanes and barometers surrounding their home, a secluded meteorological station on the isolated banks of the Ket River.
From New York Times
The sensor, several inches long, is essentially a small wind vane affixed to the jet’s fuselage.
From Seattle Times
Competitors are not allowed to use electric autopilots and instead use wind vanes for self-steering as in the first Golden Globe.
From New York Times
While sailing down the Intracoastal Waterway, her mast tangled in some tree branches and bent her wind vane.
From Washington Times
The data is uploaded every 10 seconds to her Web site, so a strangely mesmerizing digital wind vane flips around almost in real time.
From New York Times
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