torr
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of torr
First recorded in 1945–50; named after E. Torricelli
Example Sentences
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At 40 °C, water at low pressure is a vapor; at pressures higher than about 75 torr, it converts into a liquid.
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A typical barometric pressure in Kansas City is 740 torr.
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The pressure of a gas may be expressed in the SI unit of pascal or kilopascal, as well as in many other units including torr, atmosphere, and bar.
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If the vapor pressure of pure water at 25 °C is 23.7 torr, what is the vapor pressure of the solution assuming ideal behavior?
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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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