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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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of torr1

First recorded in 1945–50; named after E. Torricelli
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Word History and Origins

Origin of torr1

C20: named after E. Torricelli
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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.

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

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

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

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

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