Usually means: Twisting force causing rotational motion.
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  1. torque: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. torque: Merriam-Webster
  3. torque: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. torque, torque: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. torque: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Torque, torque: Wordnik
  8. torque: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. torque: Wiktionary
  10. torque: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. torque: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. torque: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. torque: Dictionary.com
  14. torque: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. TORQUE, Torque (DC Comics), Torque (band), Torque (comics), Torque (disambiguation), Torque (film), Torque (game engine), Torque (jewelry), Torque (magazine), Torque (movie), Torque: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Torque: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. torque: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. torque: Rhymezone
  19. Torque: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. torque: FreeDictionary.org
  21. torque: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. torque: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. torque: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  2. torque: Legal dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. torque: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. torque: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  6. torque: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Torque: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. torque: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. torque: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Torque: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. TORQUE: Glossary on Terminology related to Nuts and Bolts
  4. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
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  7. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
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(Note: See torqued as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (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)
verb:  (physics, mechanics) To make something rotate about an axis by imparting torque to it.
noun:  A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.

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