Torque



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.转矩; 项圈
• ［英］ n.转矩 ( a force that produces rotation or torsion)
• ［类］ torque : rotation / tension : elongation ( 力矩使旋转 / 张力使伸长)
• ［记］ torq ( 转) +ue -> 转矩 -> 造成东西旋转的力量

Webster Collegiate

I. noun or torc

• Etymology: French, from Latin torques, from torquēre to twist — more at torture
• Date: 1695
• a usually metal collar or neck chain worn by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons

II. noun

• Etymology: Latin torquēre to twist
• Date: circa 1884
• 1. a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion <an automobile engine delivers torque to the drive shaft>; also a measure of the effectiveness of such a force that consists of the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the line of action of the force to the axis of rotation
• 2. a turning or twisting force

III. transitive verb (torqued; torquing)

• Date: 1959
• to impart torque to ; cause to twist (as about an axis)
• ? torquer noun

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