A gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind.
synonyms: wind gage, wind gauge.
Roget 349:
wind,
draught,
flatus,
afflatus,
efflation†,
eluvium†;
air;
breath,
breath of air;
puff,
whiff,
zephyr;
blow,
breeze,
drift;
aura;
stream,
current,
jet stream;
undercurrent.
gust,
blast,
squall,
gale,
half a gale,
storm,
tempest,
hurricane,
whirlwind,
tornado,
samiel,
cyclone,
anticyclone,
typhoon;
simoon†,
simoom;
harmattan†,
monsoon,
trade wind,
sirocco,
mistral,
bise†,
tramontane,
levanter;
capful of wind;
fresh breeze,
stiff breeze;
keen blast;
blizzard,
barber [Can.],
candelia†,
chinook,
foehn,
khamsin†,
norther,
vendaval†,
wuther†.
windiness
etc.
adj.;
ventosity†;
rough weather,
dirty weather,
ugly weather,
stress of weather;
dirty sky,
mare's tail;
thick squall,
black squall,
white squall.
anemography†,
aerodynamics;
wind gauge,
weathercock,
vane,
weather-vane,
wind sock;
anemometer,
anemoscope†.
sufflation†,
insufflation†,
perflation†,
inflation,
afflation†;
blowing,
fanning
etc.
v.;
ventilation.
sneezing
etc.
v.;
errhine†;
sternutative†,
sternutatory†;
sternutation;
hiccup,
hiccough;
catching of the breath.
Eolus,
Boreas,
Zephyr,
cave of Eolus.
air pump,
air blower,
lungs,
bellows,
blowpipe,
fan,
ventilator,
punkah†;
branchiae†,
gills,
flabellum†,
vertilabrum†.
whiffle ball.
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Roget 466:
measurement,
admeasurement†,
mensuration,
survey,
valuation,
appraisement,
assessment,
assize;
estimate,
estimation;
dead reckoning,
reckoning
etc.
(numeration)
85;
gauging
etc.
v.;
horse power.
metrology,
weights and measures,
compound arithmetic.
measure,
yard measure,
standard,
rule,
foot rule,
compass,
calipers;
gage,
gauge;
meter,
line,
rod,
check;
dividers;
velo†.
flood mark,
high water mark;
Plimsoll line;
index
etc.
550.
scale;
graduation,
graduated scale;
nonius†;
vernier
etc.
(minuteness)
193.
[instruments for measuring]
bathometer,
galvanometer,
heliometer,
interferometer,
odometer,
ombrometer†,
pantometer†,
pluviometer†,
pneumatometer†,
pneumometer†,
radiometer,
refractometer,
respirometer,
rheometer,
spirometer†,
telemeter,
udometer†,
vacuometer†,
variometer†,
viameter†,
thermometer,
thermistor
(heat)
etc.
382,
barometer
(air)
etc.
338,
anemometer
(wind)
349,
dynamometer,
goniometer,
(angle)
244
meter;
landmark
etc.
(limit)
233;
balance,
scale
etc.
(weight)
319;
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).
measurability,
computability,
determinability†.
coordinates,
ordinate and abscissa,
polar coordinates,
latitude and longitude,
declination and right ascension,
altitude and azimuth.
geometry,
stereometry†,
hypsometry†;
metage†;
surveying,
land surveying;
geodesy,
geodetics†,
geodesia†;
orthometry†,
altimetry†;
cadastre [Fr.].
astrolabe,
armillary sphere†.
land surveyor;
geometer.
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Dutch: windmeter, windsnelheidsmeter
Polish: anemometr, wiatromierz