torque

torque
I. noun or torc Etymology: French, from Latin torques, from torquēre to twist — more at torture Date: 1695 a usually metal collar or neck chain worn by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons II. noun Etymology: Latin torquēre to twist Date: circa 1884 1. a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion <
an automobile engine delivers torque to the drive shaft
>; also a measure of the effectiveness of such a force that consists of the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the line of action of the force to the axis of rotation 2. a turning or twisting force III. transitive verb (torqued; torquing) Date: 1959 to impart torque to ; cause to twist (as about an axis) • torquer noun

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