torque

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɔɹk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
• Homophones: torq, torc; talk (non-rhotic)

Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).

• torc

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^[1], 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.

   • 2006, Department of Mining Engineering, Proceedings: 35th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, volume 25, West Virginia University, page 162:

     The drillhead produces the drilling rotation and torque but also must slide out of position to allow the machine to manipulate the finisher drill steel and consumables.

• torsion

• → Turkish: tork

• metric: newton metre / newton meter (N·m)
• symbol for torque as a variable: τ
• moment of force

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

1. (physics, mechanics) To make something rotate about an axis by imparting torque to it.

• torque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From French torque, from Old French, from Latin torquis; or adapted directly from Latin torquēs (cf. earlier English torques).^[1][2]

• torc, tork, torq
• torques

torque (plural torques)

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

• torquated

• torc on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• quoter, roquet

From Old French torque, borrowed from Latin torquem.

torque m (plural torques)

1. torque (necklace)

From Old French torke, northern variant of torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, ultimately from the same source as etymology 2.

torque f (plural torques)

1. (heraldry) torse

• “torque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• 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.)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torque”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

torque

1. ablative singular of torquis

torquē

1. second-person singular active imperative of torqueō

• Hyphenation: tor‧que

torque m (plural torques)

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

   Synonym: momento de forças

   Para estar em equilíbrio estático, um corpo rígido deve ter a soma de seus torques igual a zero.

   In order to be in static equilibrium, a rigid body must have the sum of its torques equal to zero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾke/ [ˈt̪oɾ.ke]
• Rhymes: -oɾke
• Syllabification: tor‧que

Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).

torque m (plural torques)

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

   Synonym: momento de fuerza

• The term momento de fuerza is preferred.

Borrowed from English turkey.

torque m (plural torques)

1. (New Mexico) turkey

   Synonyms: pavo, guajolote

• quetro, troque

• Garland D. Bills, Neddy A. Vigil (2008) The Spanish Language of New Mexico and Southern Colorado: A Linguistic Atlas‎^[2], University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[3], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN