anemometer
noun
an·e·mom·e·ter
ˌa-nə-ˈmä-mə-tər 
: an instrument for measuring and indicating the force or speed and sometimes direction of the wind
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The fourth flag, located in the lobby, will be moved by a column of air, determined by an anemometer measuring wind speed and direction on the top of one of the outdoor flagpoles.
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2025
As the warned-of winds gained strength—an anemometer in the Santa Monica Mountains clocked a ninety-eight-mile-an-hour gust—the fire spread aggressively, and hydrants soon ran dry.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Mary’s invention is equipped with weather sensors, a live camera and an anemometer to measure wind speed.
—Cynthia Tully, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
If that didn’t work, then, yes, Foster could have his anemometer.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
After that, city officials mandated anemometers — instruments that measure wind speed and direction — along the route.
—Winnie Hu Emma Rose Milligan, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Independent analyses published in 2009 and 2010 found that recent readings from weather station anemometers were lower than those taken in the 1960s and 1950s.
—Peter Fairley, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2010
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2025
As the warned-of winds gained strength—an anemometer in the Santa Monica Mountains clocked a ninety-eight-mile-an-hour gust—the fire spread aggressively, and hydrants soon ran dry.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Mary’s invention is equipped with weather sensors, a live camera and an anemometer to measure wind speed.
—Cynthia Tully, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
If that didn’t work, then, yes, Foster could have his anemometer.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
After that, city officials mandated anemometers — instruments that measure wind speed and direction — along the route.
—Winnie Hu Emma Rose Milligan, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Independent analyses published in 2009 and 2010 found that recent readings from weather station anemometers were lower than those taken in the 1960s and 1950s.
—Peter Fairley, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2010
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“Anemometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anemometer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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anemometer
noun
an·e·mom·e·ter
ˌan-ə-ˈmäm-ət-ər
: an instrument for measuring the force or speed of the wind
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