anemometre

See also: anémomètre and anemòmetre

English

Etymology

anemo- +‎ -metre

Noun

anemometre (plural anemometres)

1. (nonstandard and now largely obsolete) Alternative form of anemometer
   • 1877, The Shamrock, volume 15, page 297:

     It has been found, however, that the anemometre, or airmeasurer, can be so adjusted that after a few revolutions it releases a spring […] .

   • 1883, American Tract Society, Illustrated Family Christian Almanac for the United States, page 25:

     Few people perhaps could tell if asked what an anemometre is.

   • 2005, Brian Mac Aongusa, Broken Rails: Crashes and Sabotage on Irish Railways, page 156:

     The government suggested that two anemometres should be erected to control traffic during storms.

Anagrams

• anemometer

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• anemometer

Noun

anemometre n

1. indefinite plural of anemometer