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torque

1. torque \'to.(*)rk\ n [F, fr. L torques, fr. torque-re to twist - more at 
   TORTURE] : a usu. metal collar or neck chain worn by the ancient Gauls, 
   Germans, an d Britons
2. torque n [L torque-re to twist] : something that produces or tends to 
   produce rotation or torsion and whos e effectiveness is measured by the 
   product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the line of action 
   of the force to the axis of rotation; broadly : a turning or twisting force