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torque

tor·que

UK/tɔːk/ US/tɔɹk/ uncommon

noun

1.

a twisting force

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Origin

From French torque, from Old French, from Latin torquis; or adapted directly from Latin torquēs (“chaplet, collar, necklace of twisted metal, ring, wreath”) (cf. earlier English torques).

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