the act or process of twisting or turning something, esp by forces exerted on one end while the other is fixed or twisted in the opposite direction
the state of being twisted
the equal and opposite torque that an elastic solid exerts by reason of being under torsion
the twisting of a body organ on its own axis
torsional adj
torsionally adv
[Middle English via French from late Latin torsion, tortio twisting, from Latin torquēre to twist]