Definition of Torricellian vacuum
(Physics)
a
vacuum
produced
by
filling
with
a
fluid
,
as
mercury
,
a
tube
hermetically
closed
at
one
end
,
and
,
after
immersing
the
other
end
in
a
vessel
of
the
same
fluid
,
allowing
the
inclosed
fluid
to
descend
till
it
is
counterbalanced
by
the
pressure
of
the
atmosphere
,
as
in
the
barometer
.
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