pitot noun. ['pi:tǝʊ] Also Pitot. L19.
[Henri Pitot (1695-1771), French scientist.]
Physics & Aeronautics. Used attrib. to designate devices for measuring the relative velocity of air or other fluid, used esp. to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.
pitot head a pitot-static tube. pitot meter a flowmeter having one pressure opening facing upstream and the other downstream. pitot-static adjective designating 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. pitot tube an open-ended right-angled tube pointing in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure pressure; also, a pitot-static tube.

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