torr

[ tawr ]

noun

1. a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.

torr

/ tɔː /

noun

1. a unit of pressure equal to one millimetre of mercury (133.322 newtons per square metre)

Word History and Origins

Origin of torr¹

First recorded in 1945–50; named after E. Torricelli

Word History and Origins

Origin of torr¹

C20: named after E. Torricelli

Example Sentences

There the thrush and the blackbird sang at morning and evening, and the owl cried at night, and the buck belled upon the Torr.

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Skager was to sail at midnight, and Torr was determined that Jan should not leave the house until that hour was passed.

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Take only a fraction from the income, and how would the Torr be kept up?

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He might have reached the Torr the previous day; but he did not.

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Taking a round to the Torr first, he drove into the back-yard.

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