torque

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɔɹk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
• Homophones: torq, torc, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).

Noun

torque (countable and uncountable, 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 pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
   • 1978, James Richard Wertz, Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control‎^[1], 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

Descendants

• → Turkish: tork

Related terms

• torsion

Translations

a rotational or twisting force

• Bulgarian: въртящ момент m (vǎrtjašt moment)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 力矩 (zh) (lìjǔ)

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

• Japanese: トルク (toruku)
• Korean: 돌림힘 (dollimhim)
• Maori: tōpana whakahuri
• Norwegian: dreiemoment n
• Polish: moment obrotowy m
• Portuguese: torque (pt) m, binário (pt) m, momento de forças m
• Romanian: moment de torsiune n
• 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
• Ukrainian: моме́нт си́ли m (momént sýly)
• Welsh: trorym

See also

• 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 or torqueing, simple past and past participle torqued)

1. (physics, mechanics) To make something rotate about an axis by imparting torque to it.

Derived terms

• torque up

Further reading

• torque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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
• Greek:

  Ancient: μανιάκης m (maniákēs)

• Irish: torc m
• Persian: طوق‎ (fa) (towq), گریواره‎ (gerivāre)
• Spanish: torques f
• Ukrainian: то́рквес m (tórkves), гри́вна f (hrývna) (шийна)
• Welsh: torch m

Further reading

• torc on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• quoter, roquet

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Galician

A Galician Iron Age torque

Alternative forms

• torques

Etymology

From Latin torquis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾke̝/

Noun

torque m (plural torques)

1. torque (a tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.)

References

• “torque” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Latin

Noun

torque

1. ablative singular of torquis

Verb

torquē

1. second-person singular active imperative of torqueō

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Portuguese

Noun

torque m (plural torques)

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

   Synonym: momento de forças

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾke/, [ˈt̪oɾ.ke]

Noun

torque m (plural torques)

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

   Synonym: momento de fuerza

Usage notes

The term momento de fuerza is preferred.

Related terms

• torsión

See also

• torques

Anagrams

• troque
• quetro

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French

Noun

torque m (plural torques)

1. torque (necklace)

torque f (plural torques)

1. (heralrdy) torse

Further reading

• “torque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.