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Torsion
Tor´sion
n.
1.
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
.
2.
(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
.
Angle of torsion
(Geom.)
of
a
curve
)
(
Geom
.)
,
the
indefinitely
small
angle
between
two
consecutive
osculating
planes
of
a
curve
of
double
curvature
.
Moment of torsion
(Mech.)
the
moment
of
a
pair
of
equal
and
opposite
couples
which
tend
to
twist
a
body
.
Torsion balance
(Physics.)
an
instrument
for
estimating
very
minute
forces
,
as
electric
or
magnetic
attractions
and
repulsions
,
by
the
torsion
of
a
very
slender
wire
or
fiber
having
at
its
lower
extremity
a
horizontal
bar
or
needle
,
upon
which
the
forces
act
.
Torsion scale
a
scale
for
weighing
in
which
the
fulcra
of
the
levers
or
beams
are
strained
wires
or
strips
acting
by
torsion
.
Noun
1.
torsion
-
a
tortuous
and
twisted
shape
or
position
; "
they
built
a
tree
house
in
the
tortuosities
of
its
boughs
"; "
the
acrobat
performed
incredible
contortions
"
Synonyms:
crookedness
,
tortuosity
,
tortuousness
,
contortion
2.
torsion
-
a
twisting
force
Synonyms:
torque
ambages
,
anamorphism
,
anamorphosis
,
anfractuosity
,
asymmetry
,
buckle
,
circuitousness
,
circumambages
,
circumbendibus
,
circumlocution
,
circumvolution
,
contortion
,
convolution
,
crinkle
,
crinkling
,
crookedness
,
deflection
,
deflexure
,
detorsion
,
deviation
,
diffraction
,
diffusion
,
dispersion
,
disproportion
,
distortion
,
flection
,
flexuosity
,
flexuousness
,
flexure
,
gnarl
,
imbalance
,
intorsion
,
involution
,
irregularity
,
knot
,
lopsidedness
,
meander
,
meandering
,
quirk
,
refraction
,
rivulation
,
scatter
,
screw
,
sinuation
,
sinuosity
,
sinuousness
,
skewness
,
slinkiness
,
snakiness
,
stress
,
torque
,
tortility
,
tortuosity
,
tortuousness
,
turn
,
turning
,
twist
,
twisting
,
undulation
,
unsymmetry
,
warp
,
wave
,
waving
,
winding
,
wrench
,
wrest
,
wring
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