How do you use Torr in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Torr in a sentence
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Torr meaning
Archaic form of tor.
Synonyms of Torr
Using Torr
- The main meaning on this page is: Archaic form of tor.
- Useful related words include: millimeter of mercury, mm hg, pressure unit.
- In the example corpus, torr often appears in combinations such as: the torr, torr is, to torr.
Context around Torr
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Torr
- In this selection, "torr" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 001, craig, 100, today, 100 and absolute stand out and add context to how "torr" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 10 4 torr 10 mpa and 0 001 torr. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "torr" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with torr
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Most spacesuits use only 20 kPa (150 Torr) of pure oxygen. (11 words)
Hot cathode gauges are accurate from 10 −3 torr to 10 −10 torr. (13 words)
Historically, one torr was intended to be the same as one " millimetre of mercury ". (14 words)
Many inexpensive low vacuum gauges have a margin of error and may report a vacuum of 0 Torr but in practice this generally requires a two-stage rotary vane or other medium type of vacuum pump to go much beyond (lower than) 1 torr. (44 words)
The torr is not part of the International System of Units (SI), but it is often combined with the metric prefix milli to name one millitorr (mTorr) or 0.001 Torr. (31 words)
Pressure may also be expressed in terms of standard atmospheric pressure ; the atmosphere (atm) is equal to this pressure and the torr is defined as 1 760 of this. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hot cathode gauges are accurate from 10 −3 torr to 10 −10 torr.
Many inexpensive low vacuum gauges have a margin of error and may report a vacuum of 0 Torr but in practice this generally requires a two-stage rotary vane or other medium type of vacuum pump to go much beyond (lower than) 1 torr.
These gauges are accurate from 10 torr to 10 −3 torr, but they are sensitive to the chemical composition of the gases being measured.
The torr is not part of the International System of Units (SI), but it is often combined with the metric prefix milli to name one millitorr (mTorr) or 0.001 Torr.
There’s a MW article (by Craig Torr) today “What happens to your debt when you die”.
Accuracy is also usually poor when vapor pressure is under 10 Torr because of the limitations of the apparatus used to establish the Antoine parameter values.
A cryopump or turbomolecular pump would be used to bring the pressure further down to 10 −8 Torr (1 µPa).
A pressure drop of 13 kPa (100 Torr), which produces no symptoms if it is gradual, may be fatal if it occurs suddenly.
Historically, one torr was intended to be the same as one " millimetre of mercury ".
In honour of Torricelli, the torr was defined as a unit of pressure equal to one millimetre of mercury at 0 °C.
In other words, most low vacuum gauges that read, for example 50.79 Torr.
Ion milling, or sputter etching, uses lower pressures, often as low as 10−4 Torr (10 mPa).
Most spacesuits use only 20 kPa (150 Torr) of pure oxygen.
Pressure may also be expressed in terms of standard atmospheric pressure ; the atmosphere (atm) is equal to this pressure and the torr is defined as 1 760 of this.
Reactive-ion etching (RIE) operates under conditions intermediate between sputter and plasma etching (between 10–3 and 10−1 Torr).
Simple hydrostatic gauges can measure pressures ranging from 1 torr (100 Pa) to above atmospheric.
The glow discharge occurs in a low-pressure argon gas atmosphere between 1 and 10 torr.
Then a sorption pump would be used to bring the pressure down to 10 −4 Torr (10 mPa).
Therefore, 1 Torr is equal to Pa. The decimal form of this fraction (main) is an infinitely long, periodically repeating decimal ( repetend length: 18).
Thermocouple as vacuum gauge seeAlso A thermocouple can be used as a vacuum gauge over the range of approximately 0.001 to 1 torr absolute pressure.
Common combinations with torr
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the torr 6×
- torr is 6×
- to torr 5×
- from torr 3×
- torr was 3×
- torr to 2×
- torr but 2×
- kpa torr 2×
- one torr 2×
- torr mpa 2×