Ven·tur·i (v n-t r  ), Robert Charles Born 1925. American architect who led the postmodern reaction to functionalism. His eclectic, sometimes humorous designs often incorporate historical references. |
| ven·tu·ri (vn-tr) n. pl. ven·tu·ris 1. A short tube with a constricted throat used to determine fluid pressures and velocities by measurement of differential pressures generated at the throat as a fluid traverses the tube. 2. A constricted throat in the air passage of a carburetor, causing a reduction in pressure that results in fuel vapor being drawn out of the carburetor bowl. [After Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746-1822), Italian physicist.] |
Venturi [vɛnˈtjʊərɪ]
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(Biographies / Venturi, Robert (1925 M, US, ARCHITECTURE: architect) Robert. born 1925, US architect, a pioneer of the postmodernist style. His writings include Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
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| Noun | 1. | Venturi - United States architect (born in 1925) |
| 2. |  venturi - a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor)carburetor, carburettor - mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion |
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