- torricellian
- [͵tɒrıʹtʃelıən] a
торричеллиев
Torricellian vacuum - физ. торричеллиева пустота
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
torricellian
Смотреть что такое "torricellian" в других словарях:
Torricellian — Tor ri*cel li*an, a. Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See {Barometer}. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
torricellian — tor·ri·cel·li·an (tor″e chelґe ən) named for Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician, 1608–1647, as torricellian vacuum … Medical dictionary
Torricellian tube — Torricellian Tor ri*cel li*an, a. Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See {Barometer}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Torricellian vacuum — Torricellian Tor ri*cel li*an, a. Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See {Barometer}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
torricellian vacuum — 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). Etymology: Torricelli: see TORR * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized T : the… … Useful english dictionary
Torricellian vacuum — Vacuum Vac u*um, n.; pl. E. {Vacuums}, L. {Vacua}. [L., fr. vacuus empty. See {Vacuous}.] 1. (Physics) A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Torricellian chamber — In cave diving, a Torricellian chamber is a cave chamber full of water at less than atmospheric pressure. It happens when the water level drops and there is no way for air to get into the chamber. In theory it could risk decompression sickness,… … Wikipedia
torricellian tube — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st T : a glass tube open at one end and hermetically sealed at the other and of such length that when filled with a liquid (as mercury) and immersed at the open end in a vessel of the same liquid allowing the… … Useful english dictionary
Torricellian vacuum — vacuum above the column of a barometer (named after the 17th century Italian physicist Evangelista Torricellian) … English contemporary dictionary
Torricellian — adjective Of or pertaining to Italian mathematician and physicist … Wiktionary
torricellian — tor·ri·cel·li·an … English syllables
