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beaufort scalenoun(nautical) An empirical measure for the intensity of the wind based mainly on the state of the sea or wave conditions.
windmeternoun(meteorology) An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind.
wind gaugenounAn anemometer.
windsocknoun(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
wind socknounAlternative form of windsock. [(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.]
wind conenounSynonym of windsock.
windmillnounA machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
torsion scalenounA scale for weighing in which the fulcra of the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by torsion.
stream wheelnounA wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water.
windgustnounA short, often sudden gust of wind.
wind vanenounA vane turned by the wind, a weather vane.
yawmeternounAn instrument that measures an aircraft's yaw.
windsailnounThe sail or vane of a windmill.
variablenoun(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
weather vanenounA mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.
windwheelnoun(historical) A wheel driven by the wind and used to power a machine.
wind turbinenounA device for converting wind power into electricity.
wind-bellnounA bell, typically hung outdoors or in a window or door frame, that sounds when blown by the wind.
windwaynoun(music) The portion of a wind instrument through which the air is blown.
windsprintnounAlternative form of wind sprint. [A sprinting exercise intended to increase the lung capacity.]

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