[pee-toh-stat-ik, pee-toh-] 
) Aeronautics. | a device combining a Pitot tube with a static tube: used to measure airspeed. |
| 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. |