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pitot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pitot has 2 senses
- pitot(n = noun.person) henri pitot - French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771); Array is a kind of physicist
- pitot(n = noun.artifact) pitot tube - 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; Array is a kind of measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system
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