Venturi noun. [vɛn'tjʊǝri] L19.
[Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746-1822), Italian physicist.]
Used attrib. and absol. to designate a short constriction in a tube between two longer tapered portions, producing a drop in pressure in a fluid flowing through the constriction which may be used to determine the rate of flow or used as a source of suction, devices having this form, and the effect involved.

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