The moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce torsion and rotation about an axis, equal to the vector product of the radius vector from the axis of rotation to the point of application of the force and the force vector.
A turning or twisting force.
tr.v.
torqued, torqu·ing, torques To impart torque to.
[From Latin torquēre, to twist; see terkw- in Indo-European roots.] torqu'er n., torque'y adj.
(tôrk) 