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Bernoulli's principle

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Bernoulli's principle, law
n
(Physics / General Physics) Physics the principle that in a liquid flowing through a pipe the pressure difference that accelerates the flow when the bore changes is equal to the product of half the density times the change of the square of the speed, provided friction is negligible
[named after Daniel Bernoulli (1700-82), Swiss mathematician and physicist]


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His style is witty, and his presentation is thoughtful, as he clearly explains refraction, the Doppler shift, and Bernoulli's principle.
``We didn't want something like Bernoulli's principle (a law of physics) with five or six permutations,'' Valenti said during a telephone interview from his office in Washington, D.
Because according to, Bernoulli's principle, as the flow of a fluid (any liquid or gas) speeds up, its pressure drops.
 
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