venturi

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun United States architect (born in 1925)
noun a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor)

After Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746-1822), an Italian physicist who studied air flow and water flow.

80, 2.] like those who, from fear of a precipice, throw themselves headlong into it; “Multos in summa pericula misfit Venturi timor ipse mali: fortissimus ille est, Qui promptus metuenda pati, si cominus instent, Et differre potest.” [“The fear of future ills often makes men run into extreme danger; he is truly brave who boldly dares withstand the mischiefs he apprehends, when they confront him and can be deferred.” --Lucan, vii. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne

Robert Venturi, Robert Charles Venturi

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