Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
torque , 1. - noun In zoology, any collar or ring around the neck, produced by the color, texture, etc., of the pelage, plumage, or integument.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
torque . - noun Plural form of
torque .
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Examples
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This is consistent with the proposal that the cerebellar cortex contains an internal representation of gravitational torques which is encoded through a learning process.
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But she was gone, leaving Regin and Natalya trapped like sitting ducks, still wearing their torques, while Pravus soldiers began prowling the ward.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Brandr added, When we get back, we can get a witch to remove the torques.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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But she was gone, leaving Regin and Natalya trapped like sitting ducks, still wearing their torques, while Pravus soldiers began prowling the ward.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Lothaire said, “Some of the vampires and demons will simply trace from here now that their torques are gone.”
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Brandr added, When we get back, we can get a witch to remove the torques.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Though all the creatures in the Vertas had their torques, none of the Pravus did.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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As he tore through the riot, he dimly realized that the creatures without their torques were uniformly those from the Pravus alliance.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Lothaire said, “Some of the vampires and demons will simply trace from here now that their torques are gone.”
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Though all the creatures in the Vertas had their torques, none of the Pravus did.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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