pitot tube
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English edit
Etymology edit
Name for Italian-born French engineer Henri Pitot who invented the device in the early 1700s.
Noun edit
pitot tube (plural pitot tubes)
- (aviation) A pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.
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pressure measuring instrument
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Further reading edit
- pitot tube on Wikipedia.Wikipedia