What is a turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis called?
torque — (Phys. Science) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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