Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pitot

2 senses of pitot

Sense 1
Pitot, Henri Pitot -- (French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2
Pitot tube, Pitot -- (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)
       => measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device -- (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)