เวนตูรี(wen-dtoo-ree)

Meanings

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a Venturi device

A device, such as a Venturi tube or meter, with a constricted throat that increases fluid velocity and lowers pressure; used to measure or control flow. Also used attributively in compounds, as in ปรากฏการณ์เวนตูรี (Venturi effect).

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Venturi (surname)

The surname Venturi, especially referring to Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746–1822), the Italian physicist for whom the Venturi effect is named.

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Venturi was named in honor of the Italian physicist, Giovanni Battista Venturi.
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