[f. Gr. ἄνεμος wind + μετρία: see -METRY.] The measurement of the force or velocity of the wind.
1847. Phillips, Rep. Brit. Assoc., 340. Anemometry … is a process of recording certain effects of the (horizontal) pressure or movement of the atmosphere.
1881. in Nature, XXIV. 96/1. The author in this paper gives a very clear statement of the present state of anemometry.
