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torr

[tor]

a unit of pressure equal to one millimeter of mercury (mm Hg), or 133.3 pascals.

torr

(tōr),

A unit of pressure sufficient to support a 1-mm column of mercury at 0°C against the standard acceleration of gravity at 45° north latitude (980.621 cm/s²); equivalent to 1333.224 dynes/cm², 1.333224 millibars, 1.35951 cm of H₂O, 133.3224 newtons/m² (or Pa); 1 atmosphere (atm) equals 760 Torr.

[Evangelista Torricelli]

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Torricelli,

Evangelista, Italian scientist, 1608-1647.

torr - a unit of pressure.

torricellian vacuum - a vacuum above the mercury in a barometer tube.

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