'Torsion' definitions:
Definition of 'torsion'
From: WordNet
noun
A tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" [syn: tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness]
noun
A twisting force [syn: torsion, torque]
Definition of 'Torsion'
From: GCIDE
- Torsion \Tor"sion\, n. [F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist. See Torture.]
- 1. The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mech.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility. [1913 Webster]
- Angle of torsion (of a curve) (Geom.), the indefinitely small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a curve of double curvature.
- Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and opposite couples which tend to twist a body.
- Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or needle, upon which the forces act.
- Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by torsion. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'torsion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambages,
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- anfractuosity,
- asymmetry,
- buckle,
- circuitousness,
- circumambages,
- circumbendibus,
- circumlocution,
- circumvolution,
- contortion,
- convolution,
- crinkle,
- crinkling,
- crookedness,
- deflection,
- deflexure,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dispersion,
- disproportion,
- distortion,
- flection,
- flexuosity,
- flexuousness,
- flexure,
- gnarl,
- imbalance,
- intorsion,
- involution,
- irregularity,
- knot,
- lopsidedness,
- meander,
- meandering,
- quirk,
- refraction,
- rivulation,
- scatter,
- screw,
- sinuation,
- sinuosity,
- sinuousness,
- skewness,
- slinkiness,
- snakiness,
- stress,
- torque,
- tortility,
- tortuosity,
- tortuousness,
- turn,
- turning,
- twist,
- twisting,
- undulation,
- unsymmetry,
- warp,
- wave,
- waving,
- winding,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring