torque Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a twisting force
    torsion.

WordNet

Torque noun
Etymology
L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.
Definitions
  1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.
  2. 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.

Webster 1913