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torque |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Torque \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: torque n : a twisting force [syn: {torsion}]
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