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EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI
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• EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI (noun)
The noun EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI has 1 sense:
1. Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647)
Familiarity information: EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI used as a noun is very rare.
• EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Evangelista Torricelli; Torricelli
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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