torr
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of torr
First recorded in 1945–50; named after E. Torricelli
Example Sentences
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If the change in the pressure of NO2 is 28 torr as a mixture of the four gases reaches equilibrium, how much will the pressure of O2 change?
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The volume of the gas was 265 mL at a pressure of 753 torr and a temperature of 27 °C. The mass of the gas was 0.472 g.
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What volume will the gas have at 30 °C and 750 torr?
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What is the molar mass of a gas if 0.0494 g of the gas occupies a volume of 0.100 L at a temperature 26 °C and a pressure of 307 torr?
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A high rock or peak: also a tower, thus retaining the same meaning it had, as torr, with the Anglo-Saxons.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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