torque

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Fully 80 percent of the torque is available from 1100 rpm to 4200 rpm.

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  1. noun The moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce torsion and rotation about an axis, equal to the vector product of the radius vector from the axis of rotation to the point of application of the force and the force vector.
  2. noun A turning or twisting force.
  3. transitive verb To impart torque to.
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  • Fully 80 percent of the torque is available from 1100 rpm to 4200 rpm. —  Jalopnik
  • It's not just that it has fantastic quantities of torque, the name we use for the twisty physical force that turns an axle. —  AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media
  • In addition to this engine's linear power curve, the torque is available from very low revs, making it a particularly versatile engine suited to all types of journey. 90 per cent of peak torque is available over a broad rev band that extends from 1,750 to 5,750rpm. —  Top Speed
  • The blue-oval boy's performance division, SVT, has provided the new engine with a re-geared twin-disc clutch six-speed manual transmission with a new 3.55 rear gear in order to harness the additional torque which is now up 30lb-ft from the previous generation car. —  Jalopnik
  • Powered by an all-new supercharged 5. 0-litre V8 engine developing 510PS and 625Nm of torque, the XFR can accelerate from standstill to 60mph in just 4.7 seconds (0-100kph in 4.9 seconds) and is capable of reaching an electronically limited 155mph. —  Autoblog
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  1. From Latin torquēre, to twist; see terkw- in Indo-European roots.
  2. French, from Old French, from Latin torquēs, from torquēre, to twist; see terkw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also torc; =Italian torque =torc, from Latin torques, torquis, a twisted metal neck-ring, a necklace, a collar, from torquere, twist: see tort.
 

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