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This tag is for questions relating to pressure, in the physical sciences, the perpendicular force per unit area, or the stress at a point within a confined fluid.

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How does the static port on an airplane accurately measure ambient pressure?

Some background: The standard altimeter in an airplane works by measuring the outside atmospheric pressure, corrected for local weather. … So, wouldn't the Venturi effect cause the pressure read by the altimeter to go down the faster the plane went? …
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