Category:Torque

Torque, n. Etym: [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. It is also spelled torc or torq.

2. Etym: [l. torquere to twist.] (mech.)

Defn: that which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J. Thomson.

3. (phys. Science)

Defn: a turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, About an axis.