Also known as calza a vento
A windsock (also known as wind cone or wind sleeve) is a tapered conical textile tube made with relatively lightweight material. When hung from a pole, it can be used as a basic indicator of wind speed and direction, or as decoration. Windsocks are typically used at airports to show the direction and strength of the wind to pilots, and at chemical plants where there is risk of gaseous leakage. They are also sometimes located alongside highways at windy locations.
Key facts
- Tool.name
- Windsock
- Tool.caption
- Windsock in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Tool.image
- Freiburg im Breisgau - Flugplatz - Windsack.jpg
- Tool.classification
- Meteorological instrument
- Tool.uses
- Indicates wind direction and estimates its speed.
- Tool.related
- Anemometer, weather vane, anemoscope
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- weather vane
- Material used
- cloth
- Location
- pole
- Image
- Buhoodle Ismail Mire airport windsock, SSC-Khatumo.png
- Has use
- wind speed
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- OpenStreetMap tag
- aeroway=windsock
- Commons category
- Windsocks
- Commons gallery
- Windsock
- shape
- tube
- measures
- wind speed
- color
- white
- used by
- road transport
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Article · 日本語
吹流し（ふきながし、吹き流しとも表記）とは、気流の向きや流れを目視で確認するための設備。また、古くから魔除けの意味でも用いられておりこいのぼりなどの行事にも吹流しが見られる。
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