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Torque
Torque
,Noun.
[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.