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MILLIMETER OF MERCURY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does millimeter of mercury mean? 

MILLIMETER OF MERCURY (noun)
  The noun MILLIMETER OF MERCURY has 1 sense:

1. a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelliplay

  Familiarity information: MILLIMETER OF MERCURY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MILLIMETER OF MERCURY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

millimeter of mercury; mm Hg; torr

Hypernyms ("millimeter of mercury" is a kind of...):

pressure unit (a unit measuring force per unit area)


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