Noun: torque
| Singular | torque |
| Plural | torques |
Sample Sentences
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The relative strengths of the various torques will depend on both the spacecraft environment and the form and structure of the spacecraft itself. [1978, James Richard Wertz, Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control, Springer, page 17:]
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The drillhead produces the drilling rotation and torque but also must slide out of position to allow the machine to manipulate the finisher drill steel and consumables. [2006, Department of Mining Engineering, Proceedings: 35th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, volume 25, West Virginia University, page 162:]
Nouns inflected like torque
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin torqueō (“to twist”). See: Latin Nouns '
torqueō'.