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| torr | <physics> A unit of measure of pressure, 760 Torr is standard pressure at sea level (05 Aug 1998) |
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| Torre's syndrome | <syndrome> Multiple sebaceous gland neoplasms associated with multiple visceral malignancies. Synonym: Muir-Torre syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Torre, Douglas | <person> U.S. Dermatologist, *1919. See: Torre's syndrome, Muir-Torre syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| torrefaction | Parching or drying by heat; a pharmaceutical operation for rendering drugs friable. Origin: L. Torre-facio, pp. -factus, to make dry by heat, fr. Torreo, to parch (05 Mar 2000) |
| torrefy | 1. To dry by a fire. 2. <chemistry> To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores. 3. <pharmacology> To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired. Origin: L. Torrere to parch + -fy: cf. F. Torrefier, L. Torrefacere Alternative forms: torrify. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Torricelli | Evangelista, Italian scientist, 1608-1647. See: torr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| torricellian | Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer. Torricellian tube, a glass tube thirty or more inches in length, open at the lower end and hermetically sealed at the upper, such as is used in the barometer. <physics> Torricellian vacuum, a vacuum produced by filling with a fluid, as mercury, a tube hermetically closed at one end, and, after immersing the other end in a vessel of the same fluid, allowing the inclosed fluid to descend till it is counterbalanced by the pressure of the atmosphere, as in the barometer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| torrid | 1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. "Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." 2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. "Torrid heat. <geography>" Torrid zone, that space or board belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great. Origin: L. Torridus, fr. Torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. Torride. See Thirst. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| torril | A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| torrock | <zoology> A gull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| torr |
a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli
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A unit of pressure equal to the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 1 milli-meter tall. By definition, 1 torr = 1 mmHg.
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the pressure exerted by 1mm of mercury, Hg. Standard atmospheric pressure is 760 torr.
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a measure of vapor pressure (see below). 1 torr equals 1 mmHg.
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A unit of measure of pressure / vacuum equal to one millimeter of Hg (mercury).
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| torr | a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere |
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| torr | a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) |
| torr | a heavy rain |
| torr | an overwhelming number or amount |
| torr | pouring in abundance |
| torr | resembling a torrent in force and abundance |
| torr | relating to or resulting from the action of a torrent |
| torr | a city in northern Mexico west of Monterrey |
| torr | medium-sized 5-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones |
| torr | rare small evergreen of northern Florida |
| torr | medium-sized 5-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones |
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