bridled pressure plate
bridled pressure plate
[¦brīd·əld ′presh·ər ‚plāt] (meteorology)
An instrument for measuring air velocity in which the pressure on a plate exposed to the wind is balanced by the force of a spring, and the deflection of the plate is measured by an inductance-type transducer.
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