| Venturi effect | Term applied to the operation of a Venturi tube and similar systems. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Venturi meter | A device for measuring flow of a fluid in terms of the drop in pressure when the fluid flows into the constriction of a Venturi tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Venturi tube | A tube with a specially streamlined constriction to minimise energy losses in the fluid flowing through it while maximizing the fall in pressure in the constriction in accordance with Bernoulli's law; the basis of the Venturi meter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Venturi, Giovanni | <person> Italian physicist, 1746-1822. See: Venturi effect, Venturi meter, Venturi tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venturicidins | <chemical> Toxic substances isolated from various strains of streptomyces. They are 20-membered macrolides that inhibit oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial atpases. Venturicidins a and b are glycosides. Used mainly as tools in the study of mitochondrial function. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, antifungal, uncoupling agents. (12 Dec 1998) |