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  1. 1. n. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a twisting force Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons. 2. Etym: [L. torquere to twist.] (Mech.) That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J. Thomson. 3. (Phys. Science) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis. Source: webster
  6. 6. That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J.Thomson. Source: adambom

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