Usually means: Twisting force causing rotational stress.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. torsion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. torsion: Merriam-Webster
  3. torsion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. torsion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. torsion: Collins English Dictionary
  6. torsion: Vocabulary.com
  7. Torsion, torsion: Wordnik
  8. torsion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. torsion: Wiktionary
  10. torsion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. torsion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. torsion: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. torsion: Dictionary.com
  14. torsion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Torsion (algebra), Torsion (differential geometry), Torsion (disambiguation), Torsion (gastropod), Torsion (mechanics), Torsion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Torsion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. torsion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. torsion: Rhymezone
  19. Torsion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. torsion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. torsion: FreeDictionary.org
  22. torsion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. torsion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Torsion (mathematics), Torsion (mechanics), torsion: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Torsion (algebra), Torsion (mathematics), torsion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. torsion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Torsion: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  7. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Torsion (mathematics), torsion: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Torsion: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Torsion: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. torsion, torsion, torsion, torsion, torsion (space curve): PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bridge Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See torsional as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
noun:  (mathematics) A finite order element of a group that, when raised to a positive integer power results in the identity element of the group.
noun:  (mathematics) An element of a homology or cohomology group for which there exists a non-zero integer that, when the element is multiplied by that integer, yields zero.
noun:  (medicine) A type of holistic complimentary medicine that involves balancing theoretical energy fields through energy healing, meditation, and similar practices.
noun:  (mechanics) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
noun:  (surgery) The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery.

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