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n. A pitot head / pitot tube

n. French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771)

n. 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

"Airbus and regulators had established procedures to handle such situations with the probes, which are called pitot tubes."

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