HyperDic: moment_of_a_couple

English > 1 sense of the expression moment of a couple:
NOUNphenomenonmoment of a couplegiven two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them
English > moment of a couple: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaninggiven two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them.
Part ofcouple(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
BroadermomentA turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

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