'Pitot's tube' definitions:

Definition of 'Pitot's tube'

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  • Pitot's tube \Pi*tot's" tube`\ (Hydraul.) A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter. [1913 Webster]

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