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torr

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for torr.

Editorial note

Your figure is for (eyeballing a graph) approximately 2e-2 torr and 150 torr, less between, rapidly increasing with harder vacuum.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of torr gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

noun

Archaic form of tor. [(geology) A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.]

noun

(metrology) A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for torr.

noun

A surname.

noun

Archaic form of tor. [(geology) A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.]

noun

(metrology) A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals.

noun

(metrology) Alternative form of torr (“measure of pressure”). [(metrology) A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals.]

Example sentences

1

Your figure is for (eyeballing a graph) approximately 2e-2 torr and 150 torr, less between, rapidly increasing with harder vacuum.

2

The ballast tank was filled to 300 torr with oxygen, and fluorine was added until the total pressure was 901 torr.

3

Ok, big vacuum systems, (you need about 1E-4 torr for an e-beam) are not efficient for garbage treatment.

4

The speed of the vacuum near 1 torr carries tremendous energy and is enough to rip silicone caulking from inside the joints.

5

With IPV6 and Torr onion routing NAT traversals is almost becoming a non issue.

6

Put one of these in mild vacuum (~10^-4 torr) and use a resistor to periodically heat it up and let it cool down.

7

We are talking about vacuum that is less than 10^-17 torr.

8

Probably not that long, uranocene (a comparatively heavy molecule of similar structure) apparently has an appreciable vapor pressure of 10^-3 torr or so at 200C.

9

I worked in a lab where we routinely held a few micro-torr of vacuum, which is about the limit for mechanical pumps.

10

(Seriously, that chamber was hauled down to a couple torr in three zarking hours!) Professionally goofing off is immensely fun.

11

It should be possible to use a process that creates thin film solar cells at a vacuum of 10-4 Torr by directly co-evaporating copper, gallium, indium and selenium onto a heated substrate[3].

12

> Probably not that long, uranocene (a comparatively heavy molecule of similar structure) apparently has an appreciable vapor pressure of 10^-3 torr or so at 200C.

Quote examples

1

No mention of Norse either in the Oxford Concise Dictionary which describes the word as "Torr pen", top of the hill, from the Welsh "pen", and Old English "hoh", ridge.

2

> There is a Tarpenhow place in the UK, but it has no hill > Oxford Concise Dictionary which describes the word as "Torr pen", top of the hill Are you and the dictionary authors, respectively, sure?

3

To do intentionally intentionally would require human monitoring (or more powerful context analysis than I've heard of): "Tor" is a homophone for "Tore" and "Torr", and in a few accents it's very similar to "Tour".

Proper noun examples

1

And even when they are treated like open quantum systems (like everything naturally is, even at 10mK and 10^-11 Torr), stuff like linblad master equations are used which is based on born-markov assumption that the env is a memoryless bath...

2

A lot of that big stuff you see like pressure vessel welding uses reduced atmosphere welding where a small space is sealed as best as possible so the pressure can be reduced below 1 pascal (1E-2 Torr.) Then a standard pumped welding head can be used.

3

Total liquid ventilation, however, has difficulty moving enough liquid to carry away CO2, because no matter how great the total pressure is, the amount of partial CO2 gas pressure available to dissolve CO2 into the breathing liquid can never be much more than the pressure at which CO2 exists in the blood (about 40 mm of mercury (Torr)).[20] This has been a known issue since the 50's and shows no sign of going away.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use torr in a sentence?

Your figure is for (eyeballing a graph) approximately 2e-2 torr and 150 torr, less between, rapidly increasing with harder vacuum.

What does torr mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is torr?

torr is commonly used as noun.