velometern.

/vɛˈlɒmɪtə/

Etymology: Irregularly < velo- (in velocity n.) + -meter comb. form² or by contraction of velocimeter n.

†1. A kind of governor for a marine steam engine. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > marine engine > governor for marine steam engine

velometer1878

1878 Engineer 13 Sept. 190/1 A marine governor or antiracer... The..‘Velometer’..has got into use entirely by force of its own merits.

2. An instrument for measuring the speed of air, or of an aircraft through the air.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > meters for types of motion > meter indicating air-speed

clock1906

velometer1914

Machmeter1947

machometer1950

the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > speed of moving air > instrument for measuring

velometer1939

1914 Flight 24 Jan. 82/2 The velometer..balances a pressure due to the speed through the air against the apparent weight of a column of liquid.

1939 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 43 931 The design and application in mines of a spring-controlled vane-type air flow meter known as the Velometer.

1974 IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurement XXIII. 203/1 A sonic velometer uses the passage of sound waves through air to determine the air velocity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	velometer
释义	velometern. /vɛˈlɒmɪtə/ Etymology: Irregularly < velo- (in velocity n.) + -meter comb. form² or by contraction of velocimeter n. †1. A kind of governor for a marine steam engine. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > marine engine > governor for marine steam engine velometer1878 1878 Engineer 13 Sept. 190/1 A marine governor or antiracer... The..‘Velometer’..has got into use entirely by force of its own merits. 2. An instrument for measuring the speed of air, or of an aircraft through the air. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > meters for types of motion > meter indicating air-speed clock1906 velometer1914 Machmeter1947 machometer1950 the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > speed of moving air > instrument for measuring velometer1939 1914 Flight 24 Jan. 82/2 The velometer..balances a pressure due to the speed through the air against the apparent weight of a column of liquid. 1939 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 43 931 The design and application in mines of a spring-controlled vane-type air flow meter known as the Velometer. 1974 IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurement XXIII. 203/1 A sonic velometer uses the passage of sound waves through air to determine the air velocity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1878
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