TORQUE

I. noun or torc see: torture Date: 1695 a usually metal collar or neck chain worn by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons, II. noun Etymology: Latin torquēre to twist Date: circa 1884 a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion , a turning or twisting force, III. transitive verb (~d; torquing) Date: 1959 to impart ~ to ; cause to twist (as about an axis), ~r noun