See also: Torr and tòrr

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From Middle English torr, from Old English torr

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torr (plural torrs)

  1. Archaic form of tor.

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 torr on Wikipedia

Clipping of Torricelli; named after Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), who discovered the principle of the barometer.

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torr (plural torrs or torr)

  1. (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
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torr m inan

  1. torr (unit of pressure)

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  • torr in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • torr in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Named for Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist

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torr n (genitive singular tors, plural torr)

  1. torr, approximately 1.316·10-3 atmosphere or 133.3 pascals.

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n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative torr torrið torr torrini
Accusative torr torrið torr torrini
Dative torri torrinum torrum torrunum
Genitive tors torsins torra torranna

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torr m (plural torrs)

  1. torr

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torr m (invariable)

  1. (meteorology) torr (unit of pressure)

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From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).

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torr ?

  1. tower

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Borrowed from Latin turris.

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torr m

  1. tower

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torr m (plural torrs)

  1. torr (unit of pressure)

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From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *térsus, from *ters- (dry).

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torr (comparative torrare, superlative torrast)

  1. dry
  2. (overly) matter-of-fact and humorless, dull
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Inflection of torr
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular torr torrare torrast
Neuter singular torrt torrare torrast
Plural torra torrare torrast
Masculine plural3 torre torrare torrast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 torre torrare torraste
All torra torrare torraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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torr ?

  1. torr; a unit of pressure

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