torque

• (US) IPA^(key): /tɔː(ɹ)k/, /tɔɹk/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
• Homophones: torq, torc, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)

Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).

torque (countable and uncountable, plural torques)

1. (physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton metre or Nm; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
   • 1978, James Richard Wertz, Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control, Springer, page 17:

     The relative strengths of the various torques will depend on both the spacecraft environment and the form and structure of the spacecraft itself.

• torque steer
• torque wrench

• torsion

• Metric: newton meters (N·m)
• Symbol for torque as a variable: τ
• Moment of a force.

torque (third-person singular simple present torques, present participle torquing or torqueing, simple past and past participle torqued)

1. To twist or turn something.

• torque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

The Dying Gaul wearing a torque

From French torque, from Old French, from Latin torquis

• torc
• tork
• torq

torque (plural torques)

1. A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.

• torc on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• quoter, roquet

• torques

From Latin torquis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾke̝/

torque m (plural torques)

1. torque (a tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.)

• “torque” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

torque

1. ablative singular of torquis

torque m (plural torques)

1. (physics, mechanics) torque (a rotational or twisting force)

Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈto̞ɾ.ke̞]
• See also: terco

torque m (plural torques)

1. (physics, mechanics) torque (a rotational or twisting force)

• torsión

• torsión

• torques

• troque
• quetro