Venturilike
Venturilike is an adjective used in physics, engineering, and related fields to describe features, devices, or phenomena that reproduce, in qualitative terms, the behavior associated with the Venturi effect: as fluid enters a constricted region, its velocity increases and its static pressure decreases. A venturilike element achieves a similar pressure-velocity relationship without necessarily having the precise geometry of a classic Venturi tube. The term is commonly applied to nozzles, injectors, microfluidic channels, and aerodynamic ducts where a restricted cross-section or smooth converging profile produces acceleration of flow and a corresponding pressure drop.
In practice, venturilike designs are used to generate suction, entrainment, or mixing, such as in fuel-injection
Limitations include non-ideal fluid effects, viscous losses, turbulence, and scale constraints that may reduce the expected
Related terms include the Venturi effect, Bernoulli’s principle, and venturi nozzle or ejector devices.