单词 | anemograph |
释义 | anemographn. 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. Cf. anemometrograph n. ΘΚΠ 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 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. I. Meteorol. 197 Self-registering weathercocks, called anemometers, or anemographs [Ger. Anemometer], have also been constructed by Landriani, Parrot, Traill, Osler, and others. 1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) ix. 152 There is quite a marked semi-diurnal variation in the anemograph records of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. 2010 A. Watts Instant Wind Forecasting (ed. 3) 70/2 The anemograph was some 3 miles inland from the main coastline of southern England where sea breezes are habitual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1851 |
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