torque.

A measure of how strongly a force tends to produce rotation about an axis or point.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• apply torque
• a torque limit

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The controller limited torque before the joint began to turn.

She compared the required torque with the damaged shaft’s rating.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular torque; plural torques. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: torques.