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Ven·tu·ri [ven-toor-ee] Pronunciation Key

–noun

Robert Charles, born 1925, U.S. architect.

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ven·tu·ri Audio Help (věn-tŏŏr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ven·tu·ris

A short tube with a constricted throat used to determine fluid pressures and velocities by measurement of differential pressures generated at the throat as a fluid traverses the tube.
A constricted throat in the air passage of a carburetor, causing a reduction in pressure that results in fuel vapor being drawn out of the carburetor bowl.

[After Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746-1822), Italian physicist.]

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Ven·tur·i Audio Help (věn-tŏŏr'ē) Pronunciation Key
American architect who led the postmodern reaction to functionalism. His eclectic, sometimes humorous designs often incorporate historical references.

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