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Definition of pitot tube in English: pitot tube(also pitot) nounˈpiːtəʊpēˈtō 1An open-ended right-angled tube pointing in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure pressure. - 1.1 A device consisting of a pitot tube inside or adjacent to a parallel tube closed at the end but with holes along its length, the pressure difference between them being a measure of the relative velocity of the fluid, or the airspeed of an aircraft.
Example sentencesExamples - He saw a hole or gash in the nose, near the pitot tubes and AOA probes.
- As he climbed back into his seat, the copilot's airspeed indicator began to rapidly decrease (its pitot tube had frozen).
- Ken, a former flight instructor in B - 24s, who had volunteered for combat duty, made doubly certain the pitot covers had been removed from the pitot heads.
- We later discovered that the right hand pitot tube was wiped right off the airplane.
- The recovered wings all show twin pneumatic lines as well as electric lines for the heater element going out to the pitot tube.
Origin Late 19th century: named after Henri Pitot (1695–1771), French physicist. Definition of pitot tube in US English: pitot tube(also pitot) nounpēˈtō 1An open-ended right-angled tube pointing into the flow of a fluid and used to measure pressure. - 1.1 A device consisting of a pitot tube inside or adjacent to a parallel tube closed at the end but with holes along its length, the pressure difference between them being a measure of the relative velocity of the fluid, or the airspeed of an aircraft.
Example sentencesExamples - Ken, a former flight instructor in B - 24s, who had volunteered for combat duty, made doubly certain the pitot covers had been removed from the pitot heads.
- The recovered wings all show twin pneumatic lines as well as electric lines for the heater element going out to the pitot tube.
- We later discovered that the right hand pitot tube was wiped right off the airplane.
- He saw a hole or gash in the nose, near the pitot tubes and AOA probes.
- As he climbed back into his seat, the copilot's airspeed indicator began to rapidly decrease (its pitot tube had frozen).
Origin Late 19th century: named after Henri Pitot (1695–1771), French physicist. |