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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
  1. 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.
  2. 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 His eclectic, sometimes humorous designs often incorporate historical references.

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