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torr

/tɔːr/

Traduction: Unité de pression équivalant à 1/760 d'atmosphère, nommée en l'honneur du physicien italien Evangelista Torricelli.

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/tɔːr/C2formalscientific
  • frUnité de pression équivalant à 1/760 d'atmosphère, nommée en l'honneur du physicien italien Evangelista Torricelli.

A unit of pressure equal to 1/760 of an atmosphere, named after the Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli.

  1. C1formalscientific

    A unit of pressure equal to 1/760 of an atmosphere, approximately 133.322 pascals, named after the Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli.

    frtorr (unité de pression)

    • Standard atmospheric pressure is 760 torr at sea level.
    • The vacuum chamber was evacuated to a pressure of 0.01 torr.
    • Torricelli's experiment defined the torr as a unit of measurement.

    Synonymesmillimeter of mercury