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torr
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torr
a unit of pressure equal to one millimetre of mercury (133.322 newtons per square metre)

torr [tȯr]
(mechanics)
A unit of pressure, equal to 1/760 atmosphere; it differs from 1 millimeter of mercury by less than one part in seven million; approximately equal to 133.3224 pascals.


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