Torque vs Forces - What's the difference?
torque | forces |
(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.
(military) troops (plural only).
(music) the orchestral instrumentation (and voices) used in a musical production (nearly always used in plural form only).
As verbs the difference between torque and forces
is that torque is to twist or turn something while forces is .As a noun torque
is (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 ftlbf) or torque can be a tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early european peoples.torque
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(wikipedia torque)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 17:
- The relative strengths of the various torques will depend on both the spacecraft environment and the form and structure of the spacecraft itself.