Torricellian barometer

noun

A mercury barometer

Meanings

nounTorricellian barometer (plural Torricellian barometers)

plural Torricellian barometers

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA mercury barometer

Origin

For Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist

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