What is an anemometer?

Question

what is an anemometer?

what does a weather vane tell you?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

anemometer measures the wind speed.

weather vane tells you which way the wind in coming from.

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Answer 3

From my computer dictionary:  

anemometer |ˌanəˈmämitər| noun an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas.

anemometer

DERIVATIVES anemometry |-trē| noun anemometric |-məˈmetrik| adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Greek anemos ‘wind’ + -meter .

weathervane |ˈweðərˌvān| noun a revolving pointer to show the direction of the wind, typically mounted on top of a building.

weathervane

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Answer 4

You use an anemometer to measure the force or speed of wind.

A weather vane tells you which way the wind is blowing.  Like North, East, South, or West.

Answer 5

An anenmometer is a gauge that measures wind speed.

A weather vane tells you the direction the wind is blowing from (e.g. a NE wind is coming out of the northeast).

Answer 6

An anemometer tells you wind speed. A weather vane can tell you wind direction

Answer 7

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