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Traditional English :: torr
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torrnt.html - n.
(pl. same) a unit of pressure used in measuring partial vacuums, equal to 133.32 pascals. [E. Torricelli, It. physicist d. 1647] |
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Traditional English :: torrefy
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torrnt.html - v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 roast or dry ( metallic ore, a drug, etc.). 2 parch or scorch with heat. torrefaction n. [F torr÷fier f. L torrefacere f. torrere scorch] |
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Traditional English :: torrent
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torrnt.html - n. 1 a rushing stream of water, lava, etc. 2 (in pl.) a great downpour of rain (came down in torrents). 3 (usu. foll. by of) a violent or copious flow (uttered a torrent of abuse). torrential adj. torrentially adv. [F f. It. torrente f. L torrens -entis scorching, boiling, roaring f. torrere scorch] |
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Traditional English :: Torricellian vacuum
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torrnt.html - n. a vacuum formed when mercury in a long tube closed at one end is inverted with the open end in a reservoir of mercury (the principle on which a barometer is made). [Torricelli: see TORR] |
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Traditional English :: torrid
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torrnt.html - adj. 1 a (of the weather) very hot and dry. b (of land etc.) parched by such weather. 2 (of language or actions) emotionally charged; passionate, intense. torrid zone the central belt of the earth between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. torridity n. torridly adv. torridness n. [F torride or L torridus f. torrere parch] |
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English Idioms :: torch
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torrnt.html - See: CARRY A TORCH. |
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