Pitot Tube

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Pitot Tube

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(Pronounced pee-toe. After Henri Pitot, 1695-1771, French scientist.) An open-ended tube or tube arrangement which, when immersed in a moving fluid with its mouth pointed upstream, may be used to measure the stagnation pressure of the fluid for subsonic flow; or the stagnation pressure behind the tube's normal shock wave for supersonic flow. </dd>

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This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use