Thor

Japanese: トル（英語表記）Thor

Also known as Thor. An ancient Germanic god. In Germany he was called Donar. He was a god of thunder, worshipped since ancient times especially in Scandinavia. His wife was Sif. He is said to be the son or brother of Odin, a giant of great strength and the bravest of the gods. He lived in the huge palace of Asgard, Byrskirnir (540 stories tall), and possessed the hammer Mjolnir, which could kill any giant with one blow and would return to its hand after being thrown. It was said that thunder would occur when he swung the hammer vigorously. He rode in a chariot pulled by a male goat to conquer the giants, but was also caught in the giants' tricks. At the end of the world, he and the Midgard snake fought to the death. While Odin was the god of nobles and warriors, Thor is said to be the patron deity of farmers. He is also the god who blesses marriages and makes the earth fertile. The English equivalent of the Latin word Jovisdies (Jupiter's Day) is Thursday (Thus' Day), and the Romans ascribed Thus to Hercules and later to Jupiter.

Tor
torr

A unit of pressure used in vacuum technology. The symbol is Torr. Torr was defined as the pressure exerted by a 1 ^mm column of mercury with a density of 13.59510 g/cm3 on a base at ^a location with a standard gravitational acceleration of 9.80665 m/s2. Currently, it is defined as the same as a millimeter of mercury (mmHg), with 1 Torr = 1 mmHg = 133.322 Pa (Pascal, the SI unit of pressure). The unit is named after E. Torricelli.

Tor
Toll, Eduard, Baron von

Born: March 14, 1858, Tallinn, Estonia
[Died] 1902
Russian explorer. From 1885 to 1886, he participated in the Novosibirsk Islands Expedition led by A. Bunge. From 1900 to 1902, he became the leader of the polar expedition organized by the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and searched for a sea route through the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, but disappeared near Bennetta Island in 1902.

Tor
Toll, Johan Kristoffer, Greve av

[Born] 1743
[Died] 1817
Swedish military officer and count. Supported the strengthening of the absolute monarchy under Gustav III. Played an active role in diplomacy and military affairs during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Japanese:

トールともいう。古代ゲルマン人の神。ドイツではドナルと呼ばれた。ことに北欧で古くから崇拝された雷神。妻はシフ。オーディンの子あるいは弟といわれ，非常に力の強い大男で神々第1の勇士。アスガルズの巨大な館ビルスキルニル (540階建て) に住み，ミヨルニルの槌という，どんな巨人でも一撃で倒せて，しかも投げたのちひとりでに手に戻る槌をもっていた。この槌を彼が激しくふるうと雷が起るといわれた。雄やぎの引く車に乗り巨人族を征伐したが，逆に巨人の策略にひっかかったこともあったという。世界滅亡のときには，ミズガルズへびと相討ちになる。オーディンが貴族や武人の神であったのに対し，トルは農民の守り神とされる。結婚を祝福し，大地を豊かにする神でもある。ラテン語の木曜日 Jovisdies (ユピテルの日) にあたる英語は Thursday (トルの日) であり，ローマ人はトルをヘラクレス，のちにユピテルに擬している。

トル
torr

真空技術で用いられる圧力の単位。記号は Torr 。トルは標準重力加速度 9.80665m/s² の場所で，密度 13.59510g/cm³ の水銀柱 1mm が底面に及ぼす圧力と定義されていた。現在は，水銀柱ミリメートル ( mmHg ) と同じで，1Torr＝1mmHg＝133.322Pa (パスカル。圧力の SI 単位) と定義されている。単位名は E.トリチェリの名にちなむ。

トル
Toll， Eduard， Baron von

[生]1858.3.14. エストニア，タリン
[没]1902
ロシアの探検家。 1885～86年 A.ブンゲの率いるノボシビルスク諸島探検隊に参加。 1900～02年ペテルブルグ科学アカデミーの組織する極地探検隊の隊長となり，北極海を通って太平洋に達する航路を求めたが，02年ベンネッタ島付近で消息を絶った。