Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
Machinery. the measured ability of a rotating element, as of a gear or shaft, to overcome turning resistance.
Optics. the rotational effect on plane-polarized light passing through certain liquids or crystals.
Also torc . a collar, necklace, or similar ornament consisting of a twisted narrow band, usually of precious metal, worn especially by the ancient Gauls and Britons.
verb (used with object),torqued,torqu·ing.
Machinery. to apply torque to (a nut, bolt, etc.).
to cause to rotate or twist.
verb (used without object),torqued,torqu·ing.
to rotate or twist.
Origin of torque
First recorded in 1825–35; from Latin torquēre “to twist”; def. 4 is from French torque, from Latin torques “collar” (the spelling torc is perhaps from Irish, ultimately from Latin ); see torques
All that torque and all those gears don’t seem bothered by the addition of relatively minimal weight and height.
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As with torque, watt-hours is an apples-to-apples comparison.
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Specs tell you a fair bit, but it’s worth noting that figures like power output, torque, and battery size are all moderated to some extent by the motor maker’s software.
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Some brands, like Bosch, list torque for each level of power assist.
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“I think the show had lost a certain amount of torque,” he says.
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To fully feel the depth of the Russian humiliation, you would have to have witnessed the torque of its rev-up.
The tendency of a force applied to an object to make it rotate about an axis. For a force applied at a single point, the magnitude of the torque is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the distance from its point of application to an axis of rotation. Torque is also a vector quantity, equal to the vector product of the vector pointing from the axis to the point of application of force and the vector of force; torque thus points upward from a counterclockwise rotation. See also angular momentumlever.