pitot tube
Types of Pitot tubes
Meaning
Noun
- A pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.
Related
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Origin
- Name for Italian-born French engineer Henri Pitot who invented the device in the early 1700s.
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