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Torque

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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Torque has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Torquen. [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.].
  •  A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.  [1913 Webster]
  •  That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.  J. Thomson.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Torque, n.
1 (also torc) hist. a necklace of twisted metal, esp. of the ancient Gauls and Britons.
2 Mech. the moment of a system of forces tending to cause rotation.

Idiom
torque converter a device to transmit the correct torque from the engine to the axle in a motor vehicle.
Etymology
(sense 1 F f. L torques) f. L torquere to twist

THESAURUS

Torque

anklet, armlet, bangle, beads, bijou, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, chain, chaplet, charm, chatelaine, circle, coronet, crown, diadem, earring, fob, gem, jewel, locket, necklace, nose ring, pin, precious stone, rhinestone, ring, stickpin, stone, stress, tiara, torsion, wampum, wristband, wristlet

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Jewelry

N jewel, jewelry, jewellery, bijoutry, bijou, bijouterie, trinket, fine jewelry, costume jewelry, junk jewelry, gem, gemstone, precious stone, necklace, bracelet, anklet, earring, locket, pendant, charm bracelet, ring, pinky ring, carcanet, chain, chatelaine, broach, pin, lapel pin, torque, diamond, brilliant, rock, beryl, emerald, chalcedony, agate, heliotrope, girasol, girasole, onyx, plasma, sard, sardonyx, garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite, sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby, spinel, spinelle, balais, oriental, oriental topaz, turquois, turquoise, zircon, cubic zirconia, jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst, alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone, pearl, cultured pearl, fresh-water pearl, mother of pearl, coral, jeweler, gemologist, minerologist, lapidary, lapidarian, gemology, gemmology, minerology, bejeweled, diamond, (gemstones), gemological.

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