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noun
1.
Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
2.
Machinery. the measured ability of a rotating element, as of a gear or shaft, to overcome turning resistance.
3.
Optics. the rotational effect on plane-polarized light passing through certain liquids or crystals.
verb (used with object)
5.
Machinery. to apply torque to (a nut, bolt, etc.).
6.
to cause to rotate or twist.
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Torquing
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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verb (used without object)
7.
to rotate or twist.
Origin:
1825–35; < Latin torquēre to twist; (def. 4) < French torque < Latin torques torques (torc perhaps < Irish ≪ L)
1825–35; < Latin torquēre to twist; (def. 4) < French torque < Latin torques torques (torc perhaps < Irish ≪ L)
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Word Origin & History
torque
"rotating force," 1884, from L. torquere "to twist" (see thwart). The verb is attested from 1954. The word also is used (since 1834) by antiquarians and others as a term for the twisted metal necklace worn anciently by Gauls, Britons, Germans, etc., from L. torques in this
EXPANDsense. Earlier it had been called in Eng. torques (1693).
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Medical Dictionary
torque (tôrk)
n.
A turning or twisting force.
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torque  (tôrk) Pronunciation Key
The tendency of a force applied to an object to make it rotate about an axis. For a force applied at a single point, the magnitude of the torque is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the distance from its point of application to an axis of rotation. Torque is also a vector quantity, equal to the vector product of the vector pointing from the axis to the point of application of force and the vector of force; torque thus points upward from a counterclockwise rotation. See also angular momentum, lever. |
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