HOW TO PRONOUNCE
anemometer
/ˌænəˈmɑmətɚ/
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Keep the vowel in the third syllable stronger than the smaller beat at the beginning. The last two syllables stay light as the word winds down.
5 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The anemometer measured the wind speed.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does anemometer mean?
noun
- An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind, a windmeter.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌænəˈmɑmətɚ/
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He has evidently been out taking the meteorological observations, as he holds the anemometer in one hand.
He was also busied with the anemometer, which had broken down and needed a strong start for its second year of usefulness.
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So complete was the design that it even included instruments, consisting of an aneroid, pressure indicator, an anemometer, a compass, and a level.
In addition there was an instrument called a Dines anemometer which supplied interesting tracings of the force, duration, and direction of the wind.
THE ANEMOMETER.--It requires an expert to judge the force or the speed of a wind, and even they will go astray in their calculations.