vena contracta

 [vee-nuh kuhn-trak-tuh]  

ve·na con·trac·ta

   [vee-nuh kuhn-trak-tuh]
noun, plural ve·nae con·trac·tae  [vee-nee kuhn-trak-tee] . Hydraulics.
any of the locations in a jet of fluid emerging from an orifice where the cross section of the jet is at a minimum, especially the location of minimum cross section nearest the orifice.
Origin:
< Neo-Latin: contracted vein
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