单词 | anemogram |
释义 | anemogramn. Somewhat rare. A graph recording the speed and duration (and sometimes also the direction) of the wind in a particular location over a given period of time, as produced by an anemograph. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > diagrams, graphs, or lines > [noun] > wind wind-rose1846 anemogram1868 isotach1947 1868 Rep. Meteorol. Comm. Royal Soc. 1867 50 in Parl. Papers 1867–8 LIII. 295 It will be seen by reference to the varying width of the direction trace on the anemogram that the wind veers about within certain limits. 1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) vi. 101 The trace marked on paper by a barograph is called a barogram; that by a thermograph a thermogram; both or either of the records left by the wind-instruments are called anemograms. 2008 P. Cheney & A. Sullivan Grassfires (ed. 2) ix. 106 An anemogram from a location close to the fire will provide information on the mean direction of the wind during the fire's run. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1868 |
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