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| |Meaning=The general name for instruments designed to measure either total [[wind speed]] or the speed of one or more [[linear]] components of the [[wind vector]].
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| |Explanation=These instruments may be classified according to the [[transducer]] employed; those commonly used in meteorology include the [[cup]], [[propeller]], [[Pitot-tube]], [[hot-wire]] or [[hot-film]], and [[sonic anemometers]].<br/>''See also'' [[current meter]], [[wind vane]].<br/> Middleton, W. E. K., and A. F. Spilhaus 1953. Meteorological Instruments. 3d ed., rev., . Univ. of Toronto Press, . 135–165.
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