About The Word Torque
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Torque
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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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