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anemograph en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From anemo- + -graph.

Meanings

1. (historical, obsolete) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
   • Almost as bad was the status of the wind data: of his six meteorographs, only one ("Hergesell 104") had a working anemometer, and that instrument lasted only five flights in summer 1907 before it was lost when a cable parted; it functioned principally to help him calibrate his procedure for estimating wind velocity aloft without an anemograph. 2015, Mott T. Greene, Alfred Wegener: Science, Exploration, and the Theory of Continental Drift:
   • Other examples of the application of electricity, are the Anemograph of Dumoncel, an instrument for measuring the direction, elevation, and force of the winds; a heat regulator for hot-houses and drying chambers; and a system of electric communication between railroad trains. 1855, “Correspondence of M. Jerome Nicklès, dated Paris, Sept. 1, 1855”, in The American Journal of Science and Arts:
   • Two days later, Madigan's anemograph recorded winds of 100 miles per hour for the first time. 2014, David Day, Flaws in the Ice: In Search of Douglas Mawson, page 81:

Forms

Deriveds

anemographic

Relateds

anemogram · anemometer · anemography

Synonyms

anemometrograph

Translations (10)

nl anemograaf (anemometer that makes a graphical recording) · bg анемограф (anemometer that makes a graphical recording) · fr anémographe (anemometer that makes a graphical recording) · uk анемо́граф (anemometer that makes a graphical recording) · ru анемо́граф (anemometer that makes a graphical recording) · it anemografo (anemometer that makes a graphical recording) · pl anemograf (anemometer that makes a graphical recording) · pt anemógrafo (anemometer that makes a graphical recording) · el ανεμογράφος (anemometer that makes a graphical recording) · be анемограф (anemometer that makes a graphical recording)