torsion Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position
tortuousness; contortion; crookedness; tortuosity.
- they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
- the acrobat performed incredible contortions
noun a twisting force
torque.

F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist. See Torture.

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.
(Mech.) 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.