torr

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English torr, from Old English torr. ==== Noun ==== torr (plural torrs) Archaic form of tor. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of Torricelli; named after Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), who discovered the principle of the barometer. ==== Alternative forms ==== Torr ==== Noun ==== torr (plural torrs or torr) (metrology) A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals. Synonyms: (symbol) Torr, (not exactly synonyms, but practically equal) millimeter of mercury ===== Translations ===== === See also === === Anagrams === rort == Czech == === Noun === torr m inan torr (unit of pressure) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “torr”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “torr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Faroese == === Etymology === Named for Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist === Noun === torr n (genitive singular tors, plural torr) torr, approximately 1.316·10-3 atmosphere or 133.3 pascals. ==== Declension ==== == French == === Noun === torr m (plural torrs) torr === Further reading === “torr”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Noun === torr m (invariable) (meteorology) torr (unit of pressure) == Lombard == === Etymology === From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tor/, /tur/ === Noun === torr ? tower == Old English == === Alternative forms === tūr, tor === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin turris. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /torr/, [torˠ] === Noun === torr m tower ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== stīepel m ==== Derived terms ==== fȳrtorr m ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: tour, thour, tor, tore, toure, towere, towour, turEnglish: tower (see there for further descendants)Scots: tour, towrYola: toweare == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Noun === torr m (plural torrs) torr (unit of pressure) == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *térsus, from *ters- (“dry”). ==== Adjective ==== torr (comparative torrare, superlative torrast) dry (overly) matter-of-fact and humorless, dull ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== torrboll (“bore”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== torr ? torr; a unit of pressure === References === torr in Svensk ordbok (SO) torr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) torr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === tror