combined Pitot and static pressure tubes placed in a fluid flow to measure the total and static pressures. The difference in pressures, as recorded on a manometer or airspeed indicator, indicates the fluid velocity
Also called: Pitot tube
Pitot-static tube in American English
(ˈpitoʊˈstætɪk; ˈpitoʊˈstætɪk)
[alsopitot-static tube]
an instrument combining a Pitot tube and a static tube, that measures the differencebetween the pressures in the two tubes to obtain the relative velocity of a fluid in motion