torr
[tawr]
- 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.
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Origin of torr
First recorded in 1945–50; named after E. Torricelli
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Take only a fraction from the income, and how would the Torr be kept up?
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth SeriesMrs. Henry Wood
He might have reached the Torr the previous day; but he did not.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth SeriesMrs. Henry Wood
Taking a round to the Torr first, he drove into the back-yard.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth SeriesMrs. Henry Wood
They quitted the Torr for the blazing meadows, on their road home again.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth SeriesMrs. Henry Wood
Why, else, should his poor unquiet spirit haunt the region of the Torr?
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth SeriesMrs. Henry Wood
torr
- a unit of pressure equal to one millimetre of mercury (133.322 newtons per square metre)
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Word Origin
C20: named after E. Torricelli
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Word Origin and History for torr
n.
unit of pressure, 1949, named for Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), inventor of the barometer.
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