torque

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin torqueō.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)k

Noun

torque (uncountable)

1. A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force. Torque is measured as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation, hence the SI unit Newton-metre (Nm) or imperial unit foot-pound (ft.lbf).
2. Alternative spelling of torc.

Derived terms

• torque steer
• torque wrench

Related terms

• torsion

Translations

a rotational or twisting force

Chinese: 力矩 (lìjǔ) Czech: točivý moment (cs) m. Dutch: koppel (nl) n. Finnish: vääntömomentti French: couple (fr) m. German: Drehmoment (de) n. Greek: στροφορμή (el) (stroformí) f., στρεπτική ροπή (el) (streptikí ropí) f. Irish: torc (ga) m.

Italian: coppia (it) f. Japanese: トルク, toruku Norwegian: dreiemoment (no) n. Polish: moment obrotowy (pl) Slovene: vrtilni moment (sl) Spanish: par de torsión (es) m., par motor (es) m., momento de fuerza (es) m., par de fuerzas (es) m., par (es) m. Swedish: vridmoment (sv), kraftmoment (sv) n.

See also

• Customary: foot-pounds (ft·lbf) or pound-feet (lbf·ft), inch-ounces (in·ozf)
• Metric: newton meters (N·m)
• Symbol for torque as a variable: τ
• Moment of a force.

Verb

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

1. twist or turn something

Anagrams

• roquet

---

Latin

Noun

torque

1. ablative singular of torquis