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Pitot Tube

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Noun

1. pitot, pitot tube

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

2. pitot head, pitot tube, pitot-static tube

measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure; used in aircraft to measure airspeed

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pitot Tube

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noun
1. 
a small tube placed in a fluid with its open end upstream and the other end connected to a manometer. It measures the total pressure of the fluid
2. 
short for Pitot-static tube, esp one fitted to an aircraft

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Pitot Tube

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1.  [also p- t-]
a small, L-shaped tube which, when inserted vertically into a flowing fluid with its open end facing upstream, measures the total pressure of the fluid and hence, indirectly, the velocity of its flow
2. 
Pitot-static tube

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pitot Tube

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n.
A device, essentially a tube set parallel to the direction of fluid-stream movement and attached to a manometer, used to measure the total pressure of the fluid stream.

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