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Torsion vs Coiling - What's the difference?

torsion | coiling |

As nouns the difference between torsion and coiling

is that torsion is 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 while coiling is the pattern or motion of something that coils.

As a verb coiling is

present participle of lang=en.

torsion

English

(wikipedia torsion) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • (mechanics) 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.

    • Related terms

    * angle of torsion * moment of torsion * torsion balance * torsion scale

    Derived terms

    * torsion field

    Related terms

    * torque

    Anagrams

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    coiling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pattern or motion of something that coils.
  • * (Herman Melville), The Encantadas
    • Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing suddenly, leaped up, repeating in impassioned pain, "I buried him, my life, my soul!"