| NOUN | shape | torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness, contortion, crookedness | a tortuous and twisted shape or position |
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| phenomenon | torsion, torque | a twisting force |
| Sounds | tao'rshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A tortuous and twisted shape or position. | |
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| Synonyms | tortuosity, tortuousness, contortion, crookedness | |
| Broader | distorted shape, distortion | A shape resulting from distortion |
| Spanish | torsión, tortuosidad | |
| Catalan | torsió | |
| Meaning | A twisting force. | |
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| Synonym | torque | |
| Narrower | magnetic moment, moment of a magnet | The torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field |
| Broader | force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
| Spanish | par de torsión, par, torsión | |
| Catalan | torsió | |
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