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TORQUE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A twisting force

Synonyms:

torque; torsion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("torque" is a kind of...):

force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "torque"):

magnetic moment; moment of a magnet (the torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb torque

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