torque

torque
torque (n.) "rotating force," 1884, from L. torquere "to twist" (see THWART (Cf. 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 sense. Earlier it had been called in English torques (1690s).

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  • Torque — Torque, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. [L. torquere to twist.] (Mech.) …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • torque — [tôrk] n. [< L torques (infl. in senses 2 & 3 by torquere): see TORQUES] 1. a twisted metal collar or necklace worn by ancient Teutons, Gauls, Britons, etc. 2. Physics a measure of the tendency of a force to cause rotation, equal to the force… …   English World dictionary

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