Torricellian

adjective

Tor·​ri·​cel·​li·​an

¦tȯrə¦chelēən,

¦tär-,

-rə¦sel-

: of or relating to the Italian physicist and mathematician Torricelli closely associated with Galileo and noted especially for his researches in pneumatics

Word History

Etymology

Evangelista Torricelli †1647 Italian mathematician and physicist + English -an

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