anemometer

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌænɪˈmɒmɪtə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌænəˈmɑmɪtɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(an′ə mom′i tər)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
an•e•mom•e•ter /ˌænəˈmɑmɪtɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Meteorologyany instrument for measuring the speed of wind.
See -meter-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
an•e•mom•e•ter  (an′ə mom′i tər),USA pronunciation n. [Meteorol.]
  1. Meteorologyany instrument for measuring the speed of wind.
  • 1720–30; anemo- + -meter
an•e•mo•met•ric  (an′ə mō me′trik),USA pronunciation an′e•mo•met′ri•cal, adj.  an′e•mo•met′ri•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
anemometer / ˌænɪˈmɒmɪtə/
  1. Also called: wind gauge an instrument for recording the speed and often the direction of winds
anemometric / ˌænɪməʊˈmɛtrɪk/, ˌanemoˈmetrical
'anemometer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
air meter - anemo- - anemograph - hot-wire - wind gauge
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