Usually means: Twisting force causing rotational motion.
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  1. torque: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. torque: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. torque, torque: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. torque: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Torque, torque: Wordnik
  7. torque: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. torque: Wiktionary
  9. torque: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. torque: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. torque: Infoplease Dictionary
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  14. 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
  15. Torque: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. torque: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. torque: Rhymezone
  18. Torque: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. torque: Free Dictionary
  20. torque: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. torque: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
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  23. torque: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. torque: Encyclopedia

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  5. torque: Medical dictionary

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  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

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  3. TORQUE: Glossary on Terminology related to Nuts and Bolts
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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.

Similar:
torsion, torq, torc, moment of force, couple, moment, force, newton metre, torkance, magnetic moment, more...

Opposite:
push, pull, straighten, align, release

Types:
couple, moment, twist, torsion, wrench, joule, more...

Phrases:
starting torque, torque converter, torque wrench, torque curve, Friction torque, more...

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maximum, high, constant, net, load, total, applied, electromagnetic, external, average, low

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Similar:
torsion, torq, torc, moment of force, couple, moment, force, newton metre, torkance, magnetic moment, more...

Opposite:
push, pull, straighten, align, release

Types:
couple, moment, twist, torsion, wrench, joule, more...

Phrases:
starting torque, torque converter, torque wrench, torque curve, Friction torque, Torque motor, braking torque, frictional torque, Torque tube, torque converters, magnetic torque, torque arm, breakdown torque, more...

Adjectives:
maximum, high, constant, net, load, total, applied, electromagnetic, external, average, low

Colors:
    teal,     turquoise,     aqua,     cyan,     cerulean,     azure,     aquamarine,     sky blue,     robin egg blue,     electric blue



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