NOUN
- French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771)
- 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
How To Use Pitot In A Sentence
- The measuring system with microcomputer for inlet and outlet flow field of the Francis turbine runner is described. The pitot probe with 5 holes was used as sensing element.
- Install landing gear ground safety pins, pitot probe covers.
- Aiming at investigating how the air horn and mounting angle affect a Pitot tube measurement, experiments were carried out on various Pitot tubes.
- The tentorial surface of the occipital lobe is limited in front by an imaginary transverse line through the preoccipital notch, and consists of the posterior part of the fusiform gyrus (occipitotemporal convolution) and the lower part of the lingual gyrus, which are separated from each other by the posterior segment of the collateral fissure. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
- I read him checklists, learning words like "aileron," "magnetos," and "pitot" that no one else in my first-grade class knew. Wondermark
- Pilots are trained to respond to pitot failure by maintaining pitch and thrust until the probes resume working.
- Pitot tube is often used to measure airflow rate while fan performance test is carried out by the outlet test duct.
