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cup anemometer
- Definição1
- The common cup type of anemometer consists of three or more hemispherical cups extending on horizontal arms form a vertical shaft or spindle. The higher the speed, the faster the cups will rotate. By suitable gearing, a pointer indicates the speed.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Subárea
- Aeronautical Meteorology
- Related Term
- anemometer
- pressure anemometer
- Spanish
- anémometro de cazoletas