venturi

ven*tu*ri

noun

{bc}a short tube with a tapering constriction in the middle that causes an increase in the velocity of flow of a fluid and a corresponding decrease in fluid pressure and that is used especially in measuring fluid flow or for creating a suction (as for driving aircraft instruments or drawing fuel into the flow stream of a carburetor)

Ven*tu*ri

biographical name

Robert Charles 1925u20132018u2002American architect