torricelli

1. 1.

   Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647)

   SynonymsEvangelista Torricelli

   Broaderphysicist

Other forms of torricelli

plural

torricellis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about torricelli

What does torricelli mean?

torricelli means "Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647)".

How many syllables are in torricelli?

torricelli has 4 syllables: tor-ri-cel-li. The stress falls on "cel". In IPA it is /ˌtɔɹɪˈsɛli/.

What is another word for torricelli?

Close synonyms include Evangelista Torricelli. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is torricelli a common word?

torricelli is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.