- A
pitot tube (/ˈpiːtoʊ/ PEE-toh; also
pitot probe)
measures fluid flow velocity. It was
invented by a
French engineer,
Henri Pitot, in the
early 18th century...
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Pitot is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Henri Pitot (1695–1771),
French hydraulic engineer and the
inventor of the
Pitot tube James...
- altitude, and
altitude trend. A
pitot–static
system generally consists of a
pitot tube, a
static port, and the
pitot–static instruments.
Other instruments...
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Pitot pressure is the
pressure that is
measured by a
Pitot tube, an open-ended tube
connected to a pressure-measuring device. For
subsonic flow, pitot...
- a
pitot-static tube,
which is a
pitot tube with two ports,
pitot and static, that is
normally used in
measuring the
airspeed of aircraft. The
pitot port...
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Henri Pitot (French: [ɑ̃ʁi pito]; May 3, 1695 –
December 27, 1771) was a
French hydraulic engineer and the
inventor of the
pitot tube. In a
pitot tube...
- The
Pitot theorem in
geometry states that in a
tangential quadrilateral the two
pairs of
opposite sides have the same
total length. It is
named after...
- measurements—likely
resulting from ice
crystals obstructing the aircraft's
pitot tubes—which
caused the
autopilot to disconnect. The crew
reacted incorrectly...
- François
Pitot (born 4
January 2005) is a
French figure skater. He is a two-time
French national bronze medalist. At the
junior level,
Pitot is the 2024...
- Charles-Thomi
Pitot de la Beaujardière (7
November 1779 – 25 May 1821), most
commonly known as
Charles Thomi Pitot was a Franco-Mauritian
lawyer and politician...
