Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for measuring the velocity of fluids or the speed of ships.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An instrument, acting on the principle of Pitot's tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An instrument, acting on the principle of the pitot tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek flow + -meter.

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