TORR


Meaning of TORR in English

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■ noun ( plural same) a unit of pressure equivalent to 1 mm of mercury in a barometer and equal to 133.32 pascals.

Origin

1940s: named after Evangelista Torricelli (see Torricellian vacuum ).

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