Torque (?), n. [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.]
1.
A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.
2. [L. torquere to twist.] Mech.
That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.
J. Thomson.
3. Phys. Science
A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.
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