Толковый словарь английского языка - torsion
Torsion
torsion
noun Etymology: Late Latin ~-, torsio torment, alteration of Latin tortio, from torquēre to twist Date: 1543 the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of forces tending to turn one end or part about a longitudinal axis while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction, the twisting of a bodily organ or part on its own axis, the reactive torque that an elastic solid exerts by reason of being under ~, ~al adjective ~ally adverb
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n. 1 twisting, esp. of one end of a body while the other is held fixed. 2 Math. the extent to which a curve departs from being planar. 3 Bot. the state of being twisted into a spiral. 4 Med. the twisting of the cut end of an artery after surgery etc. to impede bleeding. Phrases and idioms torsion balance an instrument for measuring very weak forces by their effect upon a system of fine twisted wire. torsion bar a bar forming part of a vehicle suspension, twisting in response to the motion of the wheels, and absorbing their vertical movement. torsion pendulum a pendulum working by rotation rather than by swinging. Derivatives torsional adj. torsionally adv. torsionless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL torsio -onis f. L tortio (as TORT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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