Usually means: Measures fluid velocity using pressure.
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  1. pitot tube: Merriam-Webster
  2. pitot tube: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Pitot tube: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pitot tube: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pitot tube: Vocabulary.com
  6. pitot tube: Wiktionary
  7. Pitot tube: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. pitot tube: Dictionary.com
  9. Pitot tube: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Pitot tube: Rhymezone
  11. pitot tube: FreeDictionary.org
  12. pitot tube: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Pitot tube: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pitot tube: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pitot tube: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. pitot-tube: Chapters in the Sky
  5. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pitot tube)

noun:  (aviation) A pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.

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