torr
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.
Origin of torr
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How to use torr in a sentence
There the thrush and the blackbird sang at morning and evening, and the owl cried at night, and the buck belled upon the torr.
Skager was to sail at midnight, and torr was determined that Jan should not leave the house until that hour was passed.
Jan Vedder's Wife | Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrTake only a fraction from the income, and how would the torr be kept up?
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodHe might have reached the torr the previous day; but he did not.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodTaking a round to the torr first, he drove into the back-yard.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for torr
/ (tɔː) /
a unit of pressure equal to one millimetre of mercury (133.322 newtons per square metre)
Origin of torr
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