anemometrographn.
/əˌnɛmə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrəɡrɑːf/, /ˌanᵻmə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrəɡrɑːf/, /əˌnɛmə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrəɡraf/, /ˌanᵻmə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrəɡraf/, U.S. /ˌænəmoʊˈmɛtrəˌɡræf/, /əˌnɛməˈmɛtrəɡræf/ rare.
An instrument used to make a graphical record of the speed and duration (and sometimes also the direction) of the wind in a particular location over a given period of time; = anemograph n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > wind-gauge
anemometer1728
wind-gauge1774
anemometrograph1796
anemograph1851
teleanemograph1891
1796 Crit. Rev. May 553 Description of an Anemometrograph, which notes down the different Directions of the Wind in the Absence of the Observer, by the Chevalier Landriani.
1889 Amer. Meteorol. Jrnl. 6 364 One of these, the anemometrograph, gives a graphic representation of the direction, force and velocity of the wind.
2002 Jrnl. Atmospheric & Oceanic Technol. 19 1165/1 Conventional surface-based meteorological instruments, including wet- and dry-bulb hygrometers, a recording hygrograph, a thermograph, an anemometrograph, and a 10-m anemometer mast, etc., were located 30m to the north of the tower.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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