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Torque vs Tensor - What's the difference?

torque | tensor |

As nouns the difference between torque and tensor

is that 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 while tensor is tensor.

As a verb torque

is to twist or turn something.

torque

English

(wikipedia torque)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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, 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.
    Derived terms
    * torque steer * torque wrench
    Related terms
    * torsion
    See also
    * Customary: foot-pounds]] (ft·lbf) or pound-feet (lbf·ft), inch-[[ounce-force, ounces (in·ozf) * Metric: newton meters (N·m) * Symbol for torque as a variable: ? * Moment of a force.

    Verb

    (torqu)
  • To twist or turn something.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) torquis (Torc)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    tensor

    English

    (wikipedia tensor)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to tensors

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
  • (mathematics, physics) An image of a tuple under a tensor product map.
  • (mathematics, physics) A function of several variables
  • (mathematics, physics) A mathematical object consisting of a set of components with n'' indices each of which range from 1 to ''m'' where ''n'' is the rank and ''m is the dimension of the tensor.Rowland, Todd and Weisstein, Eric W., "Tensor", Wolfram MathWorld.

    • Hypernyms

    *

    Hyponyms

    * * *

    Derived terms

    * *

    References

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To compute the tensor product of two tensors.

    • Related terms

    * tensorial

    Anagrams

    * ----