torque

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tɔː(ɹ)k/, /tɔɹk/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
• Homophones: torq, torc, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).

Noun

torque (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 foot-pound or ft.lbf).
   • 1978, James Richard Wertz, Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control, 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.

Derived terms

• torque steer
• torque wrench

Related terms

• torsion

Translations

a rotational or twisting force

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 力矩 (zh) (lìjǔ)

• Czech: točivý moment m
• Danish: kraftmoment n
• Dutch: koppel (nl) n
• Finnish: vääntömomentti
• French: couple (fr) m
• German: Drehmoment (de) n
• Greek: στροφορμή (el) f (stroformí), στρεπτική ροπή f (streptikí ropí)
• Hindi: बलाघूर्ण (balāghūrṇ)
• Irish: torc m
• Italian: coppia (it) f

• Japanese: トルク (toruku), 力矩
• Maori: tōpana whakahuri
• Norwegian: dreiemoment n
• Polish: moment obrotowy m
• Portuguese: torque (pt) m
• Russian: моме́нт си́лы m (momént síly)
• Slovene: vrtilni moment
• Spanish: par de torsión m, par motor m, momento de fuerza m, par de fuerzas m, par (es) m
• Swedish: vridmoment (sv), kraftmoment (sv) n
• Tagalog: habyog
• Welsh: trorym

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.

Further reading

• torque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

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

1. To twist or turn something.

Etymology 2

The Dying Gaul wearing a torque

From French torque, from Old French, from Latin torquis

Alternative forms

• torc
• tork
• torq

Noun

torque (plural torques)

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

Translations

a braided necklace or collar

• French: torque (fr) m
• German: Torques (de) m
• Irish: torc m

• Persian: طوق‏‎ (fa) (towq), گریواره‏‎ (gerivāre)
• Welsh: torch m

Further reading

• torc on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• quoter, roquet

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Latin

Noun

torque

1. ablative singular of torquis

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Portuguese

Noun

torque m (plural torques)

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈto̞ɾ.ke̞]
• See also: terco

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).

Noun

torque m (plural torques)

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

Synonyms

• torsión

Related terms

• torsión

See also

• torques

Anagrams

• troque
• quetro