venturi
IPA: vɛntˈʊri
noun
- A venturi tube.
- The throat of a carburetor.
- (rare, pathology) A constriction in the flow of air to lungs.
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Examples of "venturi" in Sentences
- * Quia nihil hoc cavilla proficiunt Judaei, ad figmentum venturi sui
- Fed by compressed air line or tank, compressed air flows through a venturi Jet.
- The steam gives you heating and also allows drawing a vacuum through a venturi-like device called an air ejector.
- [207] Quia nihil hoc cavilla proficiunt Judaei, ad figmentum venturi sui Messiae trahentes vetustum regni excidium.
- He vowed to stop before the narrowing neck could create another venturi effect, but was so oppressed by now with high pressure that once more his judgement failed.
- You can certainly try mec.ca for the long johns, though; they ship pretty much everywhere, and have a range of cold weather clothing for everything from "a titch brisk" through "venturi effect wind at altitude".
- What's more, "There could be instances of ice forming inside the carburetor venturi that would cause future running problems after prolonged running with high humidity or blowing wet snow," says a Stihl spokesperson.
- The breakthrough that set the LuciaStove apart from similar gasifer stoves was Mulcahy's patented design which uses venturi holes to create negative pressure while a flame cap based on Fibonacci spiral geometry prevents oxygen from entering the pyrolysis chamber.
- In a bit of a driving rain storm, that seems just to have subsided, but moments ago as we were watching, the rain was blowing almost sideways due to the high winds around this building, a kind of venturi effect cased by tall building construction, make it just that much more complicated.
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