torque

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

torque, n. [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.].

•  A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.  J. Thomson.  [1913 Webster]
•  A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

torque, n.
1 (also torc) hist. a necklace of twisted metal, esp. of the ancient Gauls and Britons.
2 Mech. the moment of a system of forces tending to cause rotation.

Idiom

torque converter a device to transmit the correct torque from the engine to the axle in a motor vehicle.

Etymology

(sense 1 F f. L torques) f. L torquere to twist

THESAURUS

torque

anklet, armlet, bangle, beads, bijou, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, chain, chaplet, charm, chatelaine, circle, coronet, crown, diadem, earring, fob, gem, jewel, locket, necklace, nose ring, pin, precious stone, rhinestone, ring, stickpin, stone, stress, tiara, torsion, wampum, wristband, wristlet

ROGET THESAURUS

torque

Jewelry

N jewel, jewelry, jewellery, bijoutry, bijou, bijouterie, trinket, fine jewelry, costume jewelry, junk jewelry, gem, gemstone, precious stone, necklace, bracelet, anklet, earring, locket, pendant, charm bracelet, ring, pinky ring, carcanet, chain, chatelaine, broach, pin, lapel pin, torque, diamond, brilliant, rock, beryl, emerald, chalcedony, agate, heliotrope, girasol, girasole, onyx, plasma, sard, sardonyx, garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite, sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby, spinel, spinelle, balais, oriental, oriental topaz, turquois, turquoise, zircon, cubic zirconia, jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst, alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone, pearl, cultured pearl, fresh-water pearl, mother of pearl, coral, jeweler, gemologist, minerologist, lapidary, lapidarian, gemology, gemmology, minerology, bejeweled, diamond, (gemstones), gemological.