(ˈ)pē|tō- noun
also pitot
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized P
Etymology: French ( tube de ) Pitot, after Henri Pitot died 1771 French physicist and engineer
1. : a device that consists of a tube having a short right-angled bend which is placed vertically in a moving body of fluid with the mouth of the bent part directed upstream and is used with a manometer to measure the velocity of fluid flow
2. : pitot-static tube