torque
noun/tɔːk/
/tɔːrk/
[uncountable] (specialist)- a twisting force that causes machines, etc. to rotate (= turn around)
- The more torque an engine has, the bigger the load it can pull in the same gear.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin torquere ‘to twist’.Want to learn more?
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