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total pressure
The sum of the static pressure and the dynamic pressure when these concepts are applicable. Since this is the pressure at the stagnation point of a streamline, it is measured by an ideal Pitot tube directed exactly upstream. The total pressure satisfies the hydrostatic equation.
- Sõnaliik: noun
- Valdkond/domeen: Weather
- Category: Meteorology
- Company: AMS
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