static tube

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   a measuring instrument used to measure static pressure in a stream of fluid

   Broadermeasuring instrument

Questions about static tube

What does static tube mean?

static tube means "a measuring instrument used to measure static pressure in a stream of fluid".

Is static tube a common word?

static tube 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.