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pitot tube

pitot tube noun: a pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.

pitot tube: a pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine...
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Noun

pitot tube (plural pitot tubes)

  1. A pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.
    Synonyms:
    pitot head

pitot tube meaning in Tamil

pitot tube in Tamil

பிற்றோகுழாய், பீட்டோ குழாய், பிடாட் குழல், பிட்டாட் அழுத்தம் அளக்கும் குழாய், பிட்டாட் குழாய்

Synonyms of pitot tube

Forms of pitot tube

pluralpitot tubes

Origin of pitot tube

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

Questions about pitot tube

What does pitot tube mean?
Pitot tube means a pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.
What is pitot tube in Tamil?
Pitot tube in Tamil is பிற்றோகுழாய், பீட்டோ குழாய், பிடாட் குழல். See Pitot tube meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pitot tube?
Pitot tube is a noun.
What is the plural of pitot tube?
The plural of pitot tube is pitot tubes.

Words near pitot tube in the dictionary

  1. pitons
  2. pitooey
  3. pitot
  4. pitot head
  5. pitot heads
  6. pitot tube
  7. pitot tubes
  8. pitot-static
  9. pitots
  10. pitpan
  11. pitpans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pitot tube (page history and authors); pitot tube (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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