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Pitot-static tube

[pee-toh-stat-ik, pee-toh-]
–noun (often lowercase) Aeronautics.
a device combining a Pitot tube with a static tube: used to measure airspeed.

Origin:
1970–75; see Pitot tube
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Pi·tot-stat·ic tube   (pē'tō-stāt'ĭk, pē-tō'-)   
n.  A device consisting of a Pitot tube and a static tube combined to measure simultaneously the total and static pressure in a fluid stream. It can be used in aircraft to determine relative wind speed.
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