Torricelli

American  

[tawr-i-chel-ee, tawr-ree-chel-lee] / ˌtɔr ɪˈtʃɛl i, ˌtɔr riˈtʃɛl li /

noun

1. Evangelista 1608–47, Italian physicist.

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Torricelli British  

/ ˌtɒrɪˈtʃɛlɪ /

noun

1. Evangelista (evandʒeˈlista). 1608–47, Italian physicist and mathematician, who discovered the principle of the barometer

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Torricelli Scientific  

/ tō′rə-chĕl′ē /

1. Italian mathematician and physicist noted for discovering that the atmosphere exerts pressure. He demonstrated that this pressure affected the level of mercury in a tube, thereby inventing the mercury barometer (1643).

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Other Word Forms

• Torricellian
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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Torricelli

In his 1996 Senate campaign, Torricelli likened his support to gaming to the way politicians from Texas embraced the oil industry.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2020

Former Senator Robert Torricelli, New Jersey Democrat, speaking to The Washington Times on the sidelines of the huge Paris gathering, praised the NCRI’s organizational strength and persistence.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2018

“He was interested and willing to come to meetings with people far older to talk about seemingly esoteric subjects like the economy or foreign policy,” Torricelli said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2016

“The air came out of the room,” said former New Jersey senator Robert Torricelli, a Democrat who had invited Trump to testify and was sitting next to him.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2016

For the young Napoleon, who was exceptionally good at mathematics, the problems which had defeated the great Torricelli were by the 1780s mere school exercises—the school, of course, being the École Militaire.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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