(engineering) An anemometer used in research on air turbulence and boundary layers; the resistance of an electrically heated fine wire placed in a gas stream is altered by cooling by an amount which depends on the fluid velocity.
hot-wire anemometer
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An anemometer which measures the velocity of airflow by the effect of the airflow on the temperature of a wire resistor which is connected to an electrical circuit.
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