Torque vs Precession - What's the difference?
torque | precession |
(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or Nm; imperial unit foot-pound or ft.lbf).
* 1978 , James Richard Wertz, Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control , Springer,
To twist or turn something.
A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.
(uncountable) precedence
* ''But as it will not do to talk entirely at random, as Montaigne does, and Ralph Waldo Emerson tries to do, we must take up some little thread or threads. and string our thoughts thereupon, keeping up also a relation among them of precession and succession.
(physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
(astronomy, uncountable) The slow gyration of the earth’s axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational torque of the sun and moon.
Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.
As nouns the difference between torque and precession
is that torque is a rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or Nm; imperial unit foot-pound or ft.lbf) while precession is precedence.As a verb torque
is to twist or turn something.torque
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(wikipedia torque)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
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- The relative strengths of the various torques will depend on both the spacecraft environment and the form and structure of the spacecraft itself.