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anemometer — anemometric /an euh moh me trik/, anemometrical, adj. anemometrically, adv. /an euh mom i teuhr/, n. Meteorol. any instrument for measuring the speed of wind. [1720 30; ANEMO + METER] * * * Instrument for measuring the speed of airflow. The most… … Universalium
Anemometer — A hemispherical cup anemometer of the type invented in 1846 by John Thomas Romney Robinson Cup ty … Wikipedia
hot-wire — v. /hot wuyeur /; adj. /hot wuyeur /, v., hot wired, hot wiring, adj. v.t. 1. Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short circuiting the ignition. adj. 2. Elect., Engin. depending for its operation on the lengthening or increasing… … Universalium
Wind speed — is the speed of wind, the movement of air or other gases in an atmosphere. It is a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the vector of motion.Wind speed has always meant the movement of air in an outside environment, but the speed of air movement… … Wikipedia
Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the … Wikipedia
Flow measurement — is the quantification of bulk fluid movement. Flow can be measured in a variety of ways. Positive displacement flow meters acumulate a fixed volume of fluid and then count the number of times the volume is filled to measure flow. Other flow… … Wikipedia
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