If the torque is too high, the shaft might break. That's why we are using a shear splint as a torque limiter.
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Torque
//tɔɹk//
Synonyms for "torque" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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15 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μανιάκης noun (a braided necklace or collar)
Bulgarian
1 entries- въртящ момент noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 力矩 noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- 扭矩 noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Czech
1 entries- točivý moment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Danish
2 entries- drejningsmoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- kraftmoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Dutch
1 entries- koppel noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Esperanto
1 entries- torda momanto noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Finnish
1 entries- vääntömomentti noun (a rotational or twisting force)
French
2 entries- couple noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- torque noun (a braided necklace or collar)
German
3 entries- Drehmoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- Torques noun (a braided necklace or collar)
- Wendelring noun (a braided necklace or collar)
Greek
2 entries- στρεπτική ροπή noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- στροφορμή noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Hindi
1 entries- बलाघूर्ण noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Hungarian
2 entries- forgatónyomaték noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- nyakperec noun (a braided necklace or collar)
Indonesian
1 entries- torsi noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Irish
3 entries- muince dhualach noun (a braided necklace or collar)
- torc noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- torc noun (a braided necklace or collar)
Italian
2 entries- coppia noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- torque noun (a braided necklace or collar)
Japanese
1 entries- トルク noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Korean
1 entries- 돌림힘 noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Macedonian
3 entries- вр́тежен мо́мент noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- мо́мент на си́ла noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- торквест noun (a braided necklace or collar)
Malay
1 entries- tork noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Māori
1 entries- tōpana whakahuri noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- dreiemoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- kraftmoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- torsjonsmoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- dreiemoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- kraftmoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- torsjonsmoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Persian
3 entries- طوق noun (a braided necklace or collar)
- گریواره noun (a braided necklace or collar)
- گشتاور نیرو noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Polish
3 entries- moment obrotowy noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- moment siły noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- torkwes noun (a braided necklace or collar)
Portuguese
3 entries- binário noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- momento de forças noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- torque noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Romanian
2 entries- cuplu noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- moment de torsiune noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Russian
2 entries- крутя́щий моме́нт noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- моме́нт си́лы noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Slovene
1 entries- vrtilni moment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Spanish
4 entries- momento de fuerza noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- par noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- par de fuerzas noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- par de torsión noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Swedish
2 entries- kraftmoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- vridmoment noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Tagalog
1 entries- habyog noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Thai
2 entries- ทอร์ก noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- แรงบิด noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Turkish
1 entries- tork noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Ukrainian
3 entries- гри́вна noun (a braided necklace or collar)
- моме́нт си́ли noun (a rotational or twisting force)
- то́рквес noun (a braided necklace or collar)
Welsh
2 entries- torch noun (a braided necklace or collar)
- trorym noun (a rotational or twisting force)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
You need a longer handle if you want to get more torque.
Source: tatoeba (9948806)
Electric motors deliver strong acceleration because they offer more torque than equivalent gasoline engines.
Source: tatoeba (10274991)
A dynamometer is a device that measures an engine’s power and torque.
Source: tatoeba (11209144)
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