Editing Anemometer (section)

{{Short description|Instrument for measuring wind speed}}
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[[File:Wea00920.jpg|thumb|A hemispherical-cup anemometer of the type invented in 1846 by [[Thomas Romney Robinson|John Thomas Romney Robinson]]]]

In [[meteorology]], an '''anemometer''' ({{etymology|grc|''{{wikt-lang|grc|άνεμος}}'' ({{grc-transl|άνεμος}})|wind||''{{wikt-lang|grc|μέτρον}}'' ({{grc-transl|μέτρον}})|measure}}) is a device that measures [[wind speed]] and [[wind direction|direction]]. It is a common instrument used in [[weather station]]s. The earliest known description of an anemometer was by Italian architect and author [[Leon Battista Alberti]] (1404–1472) in 1450.