See Also: Venturi(dictionary)
Venturi, Giovanni(medicine)
Venturi effect(medicine)
Venturi meter(medicine)
Venturi tube(medicine)
venturi tube(encyclopedia)
Venturi, Robert (Charles)(encyclopedia)

Venturi (iou)



Venturi noun. L19.
[Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746-1822), Italian physicist.]
Used attrib. and absol. to designate a short constriction in a tube between two longer tapered portions, producing a drop in pressure in a fluid flowing through the constriction which may be used to determine the rate of flow or used as a source of suction, devices having this form, and the effect involved.