henri pitot

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

   SynonymsPitot

   Broaderphysicist

Questions about henri pitot

What does henri pitot mean?

henri pitot means "French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771)".

What is another word for henri pitot?

Close synonyms include Pitot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is henri pitot a common word?

henri pitot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.