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Torricelli

[ tawr-i-chel-ee; Italian tawr-ree-chel-lee ]

noun

  1. E·van·ge·lis·ta [e-vahn-je-, lee, -stah], 1608–47, Italian physicist.


Torricelli

/ ˌtɒrɪˈtʃɛlɪ /

noun

  1. TorricelliEvangelista16081647MItalianSCIENCE: physicistSCIENCE: mathematician Evangelista (evandʒeˈlista). 1608–47, Italian physicist and mathematician, who discovered the principle of the barometer
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Torricelli

/ tō′rə-chĕlē /

  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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Example Sentences

Fiorini thinks it probable that Joseph was a relative of Evangelista Torricelli, inventor of the barometer.

This led Torricelli, one of Galileo's pupils, to the discovery of the barometer.

Next should be mentioned the line of profound observers, from Galileo and Torricelli to Kelvin.

Torricelli's discovery was made in 1643, less than two years after the death of his master.

Torricelli's views rapidly gained ground, notwithstanding the objections of certain philosophers.

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