English Dictionary: Pitot head |
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Pitot head
n 1: measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube
and static tube that measures total and static pressure;
used in aircraft to measure airspeed [syn: {Pitot-static
tube}, {Pitot head}, {Pitot tube}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- potato disease
- n
- a blight of potatoes [syn: potato blight, potato mold,
potato disease, potato mildew, potato murrain]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- potato tree
- n
- South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the
tropics; not a true potato
Synonym(s): potato tree, Brazilian potato tree, Solanum wrightii, Solanum macranthum
- hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato
Synonym(s): potato tree, Solanum crispum
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- potato tuber moth
- n
- greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
Synonym(s): potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm, Phthorimaea operculella
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- potato tuberworm
- n
- larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g.
potatoes and tobacco
Synonym(s): potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- put to death
- v
- kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some
states, criminals are executed"
Synonym(s): execute, put to death
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Phototheodolite \Pho`to*the*od"o*lite\, n.
An arrangement of two photographic cameras, the plates of
which may be brought into exactly the same plane, used in
surveying and map making. From the differences between two
pictures taken at the same moment, measurements in all
dimensions of the region may be obtained.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Putidity \Pu*tid"i*ty\, Putidness \Pu"tid*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being putrid.
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