Meanings
venturi effect1
nounventuri effect (plural venturi effects)
plural venturi effects
- fluid mechanicsnatural sciencesThe reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constriction.
Venturi effect2
nounVenturi effect (plural Venturi effects)
plural Venturi effects
- Alternative letter-case form of venturi effect.
Origin
Named after its inventor, the Italian physicist Giovanni Battista Venturi.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish venturi-ilmiö
- venturi-ilmiöphysical phenomeneon
French effet Venturi
- effet Venturiphysical phenomeneon
Polish zwężka Venturiego, dysza Venturiego
- zwężka Venturiegophysical phenomeneon
- dysza Venturiegophysical phenomeneon
Russian эффе́кт Венту́ри
- эффе́кт Венту́ри (effékt Ventúri)physical phenomeneon
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