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Torque

Torque Meaning & Definition
Torque Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Torque?

[n] a twisting force

Synonyms | Synonyms for Torque: torsion

Related Terms | Find terms related to Torque:

See Also | force | magnetic moment | moment of a magnet

Torque In Webster's Dictionary

\Torque\, n. [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.] 1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons. 2. [L. torquere to twist.] (Mech.) That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. --J. Thomson. 3. (Phys. Science) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.

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