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Definition: Anemometer |
AnemometerNoun1. A gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Anemometer \An`e*mom"e*ter\, noun. [Greek expression wind -meter.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Energy | An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind; a wind gauge. (references) |
Geography | A device used for measuring the speed of wind ; instrument used in the measurement of wind speed, or of wind speed and direction. Many types ; meteorological instrument for measuring wind speed; one type consists of a rotor carrying three cup-shaped blades mounted on a vertical axis, readings being obtained by a counter. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | An instrument for measuring air velocity. It consists of a small fan from 3 to 6 in (7.6 to 15.2 cm) in diameter that is rotated by the air current. By simple gearing, the number of revolutions of the fan is recorded on dials. It is held in the mine airway for the exact number of minutes (N), the instrument being moved steadily over the entire area. The difference between the initial and the final readings on the dials, divided by N, gives the velocity of the air in feet per minute. Instruments are available for velocities from near zero to 6,000 ft/min (1.83 km/min), also with extension and remote control handles.See also:vane anemometer; self-timing anemometer. (references) |
Science | Instrument used to measure wind speed, usually measured either from the rotation of wind-driven cups or from wind pressure through a tube pointed into the wind. (references) |
Solar | An instrument that measures wind speed. (references) |
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Other types of anemometers include:
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Synonym: AnemometerSynonym: wind gauge (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Measurement | Bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat), barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer (angle) meter; landmark; (limit); balance, scale; (weight); marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity). |
Wind | Anemography, aerodynamics; wind gauge, vane, weather-vane, wind sock; anemometer, anemoscope. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Anemometer |
| English words defined with "anemometer": Meteorometer ♦ Self-registering. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "anemometer": AIR AND HYDRONIC BALANCING TECHNICIAN, air meter ♦ Byram anemometer ♦ dines anemometer ♦ machine boss, mine captain, muck boss ♦ pressure anemometer, pressure tube anemometer ♦ recording anemometer, Ree's torsion anemometer, room boss ♦ SAFETY ENGINEER, MINES, SECTION SUPERVISOR, self-timing anemometer, shift boss, suction anemometer ♦ thermoanemometer, thermometer anemometer, torsion anemometer, tracer-gas technique ♦ vane anemometer ♦ wind gage. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Anemometer" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (anemometer). |
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Consumer Goods | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Anemometer, thermometer, current drag, sextant, and carbonic acid apparatus. In: "The Voyage of H. M. S. CHALLENGER A Summary....", Part I, p. xxxi. Library Call Number Q115.C4 1880 summary pt. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 34. Anemometer and dial - an anemometer of this type was shown in the catalog of the firm of Richard Brothers in 1886. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Anemometer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 82.35% of the time. "Anemometer" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 82.35% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.76% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "anemometer": anemometer mast ♦ anemometer tower ♦ anemometer wind velocity ♦ Byram anemometer ♦ cup anemometer ♦ dines anemometer ♦ pressure tube anemometer ♦ recording anemometer. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
anemometer | 323 | sonic anemometer | 3 |
hot wire anemometer | 19 | anemometer homemade | 3 |
anemometer calibration | 7 | anemometer command par pc | 2 |
ultrasonic anemometer | 7 | anemometer portable | 2 |
anemometer make | 4 | hand held anemometer | 2 |
vane anemometer | 4 | anemometer pocket | 2 |
anemometer wireless | 4 | digital anemometer | 2 |
anemometer micro | 4 | anemometer cup | 2 |
anemometer picture | 4 | anemometer making | 2 |
anemometer handheld | 3 | maximum anemometer | 2 |
kestrel anemometer | 3 | anemometer marine | 2 |
anemometer build | 3 | thermal anemometer | 2 |
anemometer hot theory wire | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "anemometer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | erëmatës (wind gage, wind gauge). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقياس شدة الريح, المرياح. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | метеометер. (various references) | |
Chinese | 风速表. (various references) | |
Danish | anemometer (air flow meter, anemoscope), vindstyrkemåler (air flow meter), vindmåler (air flow meter), peakflowmeter. (various references) | |
Dutch | anemometer (air flow meter), windmeter (air flow meter), luchtstroommeter (air flow meter, blast gage, blast gauge), luchtstromingmeter (air flow meter). (various references) | |
Farsi | بادسنج . (various references) | |
Finnish | anemometri (air flow meter), tuulimittari (wind-gauge). (various references) | |
French | anémomètre. (various references) | |
German | Windmesser (wind gauge, wind gauges). (various references) | |
Greek | ανεμόμετρο (wind gauge). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ" רוח (wind gauge). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szélmérõ. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pengukur angin. (various references) | |
Italian | anemometro (wind gauge). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 風速計 , 風力計 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふうそくけい, ふうりょくけい. (various references) | |
Korean | '속계. (various references) | |
Manx | towsheyder geayee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anemometeray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | anemómetro (air flow meter), anemômetro (wind-gage). (various references) | |
Russian | анемометр (wind gage, wind gauge). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | anemometar (wind gauge). (various references) | |
Spanish | anemómetro (wind gauge). (various references) | |
Swedish | vindmätare (wind gauge), anemometer (air flow meter). (various references) | |
Turkish | anemometre, rüzgârölçer (anemograph, wind gage, wind gauge). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вітромір. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "anemometer": anemometers. (additional references) | |
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"Anemometer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amemometer, anamometer, anemomter, anenometer, aneometer, anerometer, animometer, anomometer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "anemometer" (pronounced a'numÄ"muter) |
| 6 | -m Ä" m u t er | thermometer. |
| 5 | -Ä" m u t er | accelerometer, barometer, densitometer, fluorometer, goniometer, hydrometer, hygrometer, interferometer, kilometer, magnetometer, micrometer, odometer, photometer, spectrometer, speedometer, tensiometer. |
| 4 | -m u t er | altimeter, diameter, estimator, parameter, perimeter, polarimeter. |
| 3 | -u t er | editor, elater, Amphitheater, arbiter, auditor, capacitor, catheter, comparator, competitor, conservator, conspirator, contributor, creditor, depositor, distributor, executor, exhibitor, inheritor, inhibitor, inquisitor, interlocutor, interpreter, janitor, marketer, monitor, orator, orbiter, picketer, predator, progenitor, proprietor, quieter, rioter, Sen, senator, sequitur, solicitor, telemarketer, Theater, theatre, trumpeter, visitor. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-m-m-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: manometer. | |
-2 letters: metamere. | |
-3 letters: ammeter, meatmen, memento, metamer, momenta, tonearm. | |
-4 letters: atoner, emoter, enamor, entera, entree, eterne, marmot, marten, matron, meaner, meeter, mentor, merman, mermen, meteor, moaner, moment, moreen, neater, omenta, ornate, remate, remeet, remote, rename, reteam, retene, teemer, teener, toneme. | |
-5 letters: ameer, ament, amort, antre, arete, armet, atone, eaten, eater, emeer, emmer, emmet, emote. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-m-m-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: anemometers. | |
+2 letters: anemometries, magnetometer. | |
+3 letters: magnetometers. | |
+4 letters: immoderateness, magnetometries, thermoremanent. | |
+5 letters: complementaries, momentarinesses, thermoremanence. | |
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