Pitot tube
- a small, -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
- Pitot-static tube
See Pitot tube in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pēˈtō, pē-tōˈ)
noun 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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