Associations to the word «Torr»

Wiktionary

TORR, noun. A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 1.316·10-3 atmosphere or 133.3 pascals.

Dictionary definition

TORR, noun. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope