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torque

[tawrk] / tɔrk /


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They recorded how the sprinklers rotated, observed the water moving both inside and outside the devices, and measured the torque or twisting force produced when the sprinklers were prevented from turning.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The design enables higher power and torque density.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Surron motorbikes are advertised online as “easy to maneuver like a bicycle, with the torque and power of an off-road motorcycle.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

Maximum levels of electrical deployment will be reduced, to limit torque and improve car control.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

Somehow I landed facedown, which forced the antenna to a strongly oblique angle that put a lot of torque on the hole in the suit.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

However, Mach's explanation could not account for the reverse rotations and torques measured during the new experiments.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Computer simulations that applied realistic forces and torques confirmed this behavior and showed that plectoneme formation depends on DNA's ability to transmit twist along its length.

From Science Daily Feb. 9, 2026

Ultimately, though, the author torques her contrarianism past trolling, past knee-jerk philosophizing and past satire, alchemizing a critique of literary culture in all its ideological waywardness.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2023

Some of the white terracotta tiles that cover the building’s facade were haphazardly installed, wrecking the precise geometries of a design that ripples and torques.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2023

“Lord Bowen, you shall collect the tolls. The gold and silver, the amber, the torques and armbands and necklaces. Sort it all, count it, see that it reaches Eastwatch safely.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Argentine lifestyle impresario Alan Faena opened his namesake New York hotel late last year in the bottom of a torqued high rise by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

In other words, this occasionally meandering, openly life-affirming confection is in direct contrast to the torqued and tortured “Black Swan.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2023

In December, a Tesla supplier implemented improved process controls along with improved training and supervision to ensure bolts are torqued to specifications, the automaker said.

From Reuters Mar. 4, 2023

The dancers’ physicality was arresting as they torqued their backs and torsos, melting onto the floor and swooping back up again with a feverish vivacity.

From New York Times Dec. 2, 2022

There was a grinding shudder—then a twisted ship which looked as if some giant had taken a wet rag and torqued it to squeeze out the water.

From A Woman's Place by Mark Clifton

He self-referentially calls himself “that sadistic letter-abuser, Douglas R. Hofstadter,” and there is indeed a lot of vigorous torquing of serifs.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Wilson claims it designed a tool to install bolts and fasteners on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner starting in 2012, and alleged that misuse of its stolen torquing tool led to leaks aboard the International Space Station.

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2023

Long columns of jersey were pulled over wire structures, creating geometric disturbances in the line and torquing the body into a pointy new shape.

From New York Times Oct. 1, 2021

The chronic lower back pain that dogged the late stage of his career has subsided, flaring up only if he makes moves that trigger the damage of decades of torquing to stave off G-forces.

From Washington Post Feb. 15, 2019

“Anya, look!” he said, torquing his arm back and forth.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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