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torr
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun torr has 1 sense
- torr(n = noun.quantity) millimeter of mercury, mm hg - a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli; Array is a kind of pressure unit
OXFORD DICTIONARY
torr, n. (pl. same) a unit of pressure used in measuring partial vacuums, equal to 133.32 pascals.
Etymology
E. Torricelli, It. physicist d. 1647
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