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Pitot tube

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.
  2. 2
    measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure; used in aircraft to measure airspeed wordnet
  3. 3
    measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow wordnet

Etymology

Name for Italian-born French engineer Henri Pitot who invented the device in the early 1700s.

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