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10 Language-to-English DictionariesTorr
/tɔːr/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A unit of pressure equal to 133.32 pascals or one millimeter of mercury, used particularly in vacuum measurements.
"The laboratory chamber was evacuated to a pressure of one millitorr."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Named after Evangelista Torricelli, the 17th-century Italian physicist and mathematician who discovered the principle of the barometer. Adopted internationally into scientific nomenclature to measure low pressures, specifically corresponding to approximately one millimeter of mercury.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Torr" is said worldwide
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torr
Transliteration: tor
"La pression a été mesurée en torrs."
Torr
Transliteration: tor
"Der Druck wird in Torr angegeben."
torr
Transliteration: torr
"La pressione è espressa in torr."
torr
Transliteration: tor
"El sistema alcanzó una presión de cinco torr."
torr
Transliteration: tor
"A pressão foi medida em torr."
टॉर
Transliteration: tor
"दबाव कोॉर में मापा गया था।"
托
Transliteration: tuō
"真空室内的压力降至一托。"
토르
Transliteration: toru
"압력은 토르 단위로 측정됩니다."
トール
Transliteration: tōru
"真空度はトール単位で表されます。"
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