Torsion
['tɔːʃ(ə)n] or ['tɔrʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
(n.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Twisting.
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Definition
n. act of twisting or turning a body: the force with which a thread or wire tends to return when twisted the kind of strain produced in a bar or wire when one end is kept fixed and the other is rotated about the axis: (surg.) a method of common application for the purpose of checking arterial h鎚orrhage in certain cases by twisting the cut end of the artery.—n. Torsibil′ity.—adj. Tor′sional pertaining to or resulting from torsion.—n. Tor′sion-bal′ance an instrument for measuring very minute forces by a delicate horizontal bar or needle suspended by a very fine thread or wire.—adj. Tor′sive twisted spirally.
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Examples
- The torsion of the shaft was so great that one governor still managed to get ahead of the others. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this way, by straining the whole outfit up to its elastic limit in opposite directions, the torsion was practically eliminated, and after that the governors ran together all right. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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