An instrument designed to measure or record various properties of cyclones, such as wind speed, pressure, or rotational velocity.
From cyclone + -meter (an instrument that measures, from Greek metron). This technical device name emerged as 19th-century meteorologists developed specialized instruments for studying storms.
Early cyclonometers were simple barometers and anemometers, but modern versions are satellites with thousands of sensors—we've gone from reading dials to processing terabytes of data.
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