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torsi
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torsi
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Torsi
(gcide) | Torso \Tor"so\, n.; pl. E. Torsos, It. Torsi. [It. torso,
probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr. ?; cf.
OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk.
Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.]
The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in
sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and
limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
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torsi
(mass) | torsi
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distorsion
(encz) | distorsion,distorze n: Zdeněk Broždistorsion,vyvrtnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
torsi
(encz) | torsi, |
torsion
(encz) | torsion,kroucení pcernoch@imc.cas.cztorsion,krut pcernoch@imc.cas.cztorsion,torze pcernoch@imc.cas.cztorsion,torzní pcernoch@imc.cas.cztorsion,zkrut pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
torsion balance
(encz) | torsion balance, n: |
torsional
(encz) | torsional,kroucení pcernoch@imc.cas.cztorsional,kroutící pcernoch@imc.cas.cztorsional,kroutivý pcernoch@imc.cas.cztorsional,torzní pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
torsional damper
(encz) | torsional damper,tlumič torzních kmitů n: [aut.] Suky |
Acutorsion
(gcide) | Acutorsion \Ac`u*tor"sion\, n. [L. acus needle + torsion.]
(Med.)
The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
Note: [Not in Stedman -- an obsolete procedure?][archaic] AS
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Angle of torsion
(gcide) | Torsion \Tor"sion\, n. [F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere,
tortum, to twist. See Torture.]
1. 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.
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2. (Mech.) 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.
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Angle of torsion (of a curve) (Geom.), the indefinitely
small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a
curve of double curvature.
Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and
opposite couples which tend to twist a body.
Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating
very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions
and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or
fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or
needle, upon which the forces act.
Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of
the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by
torsion.
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Balance of torsion
(gcide) | Balance \Bal"ance\ (b[a^]l"ans), n. [OE. balaunce, F. balance,
fr. L. bilanx, bilancis, having two scales; bis twice (akin
to E. two) + lanx plate, scale.]
1. An apparatus for weighing.
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Note: In its simplest form, a balance consists of a beam or
lever supported exactly in the middle, having two
scales or basins of equal weight suspended from its
extremities. Another form is that of the Roman balance,
our steelyard, consisting of a lever or beam, suspended
near one of its extremities, on the longer arm of which
a counterpoise slides. The name is also given to other
forms of apparatus for weighing bodies, as to the
combinations of levers making up platform scales; and
even to devices for weighing by the elasticity of a
spring.
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2. Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.
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A fair balance of the advantages on either side.
--Atterbury.
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3. Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.
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4. The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even
adjustment; steadiness.
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And hung a bottle on each side
To make his balance true. --Cowper.
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The order and balance of the country were destroyed.
--Buckle.
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English workmen completely lose their balance. --J.
S. Mill.
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5. An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an
account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; --
also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an
account. "A balance at the banker's." --Thackeray.
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I still think the balance of probabilities leans
towards the account given in the text. --J. Peile.
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6. (Horol.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See
Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).
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7. (Astron.)
(a) The constellation Libra.
(b) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which
the sun enters at the equinox in September.
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8. A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. t., 8.
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Balance electrometer, a kind of balance, with a poised
beam, which indicates, by weights suspended from one arm,
the mutual attraction of oppositely electrified surfaces.
--Knight.
Balance fish. (Zool.) See Hammerhead.
Balance knife, a carving or table knife the handle of which
overbalances the blade, and so keeps it from contact with
the table.
Balance of power (Politics), such an adjustment of power
among sovereign states that no one state is in a position
to interfere with the independence of the others;
international equilibrium; also, the ability (of a state
or a third party within a state) to control the relations
between sovereign states or between dominant parties in a
state.
Balance sheet (Bookkeeping), a paper showing the balances
of the open accounts of a business, the debit and credit
balances footing up equally, if the system of accounts be
complete and the balances correctly taken.
Balance thermometer, a thermometer mounted as a balance so
that the movement of the mercurial column changes the
inclination of the tube. With the aid of electrical or
mechanical devices adapted to it, it is used for the
automatic regulation of the temperature of rooms warmed
artificially, and as a fire alarm.
Balance of torsion. See Torsion Balance.
Balance of trade (Pol. Econ.), an equilibrium between the
money values of the exports and imports of a country; or
more commonly, the amount required on one side or the
other to make such an equilibrium.
Balance valve, a valve whose surfaces are so arranged that
the fluid pressure tending to seat, and that tending to
unseat, the valve, are nearly in equilibrium; esp., a
puppet valve which is made to operate easily by the
admission of steam to both sides. See Puppet valve.
Hydrostatic balance. See under Hydrostatic.
To lay in balance, to put up as a pledge or security.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
To strike a balance, to find out the difference between the
debit and credit sides of an account.
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Contorsion
(gcide) | Contorsion \Con*tor"sion\, n.
See Contortion.
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Detorsion
(gcide) | Detorsion \De*tor"sion\, n.
Same as Detortion.
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Extorsive
(gcide) | Extorsive \Ex*tor"sive\, a. [See Extort.]
Serving or tending to extort. [R.] --Johnson. --
Ex*tor"sive*ly, adv. [R.]
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Extorsively
(gcide) | Extorsive \Ex*tor"sive\, a. [See Extort.]
Serving or tending to extort. [R.] --Johnson. --
Ex*tor"sive*ly, adv. [R.]
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Intorsion
(gcide) | Intorsion \In*tor"sion\, n. [L. intortio a curling, crisping:
cf. F. intorsion. See Intort, and cf. Intortion.]
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1. A winding, bending, or twisting.
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2. (Bot.) The bending or twining of any part of a plant
toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the
vertical.
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Moment of torsion
(gcide) | Torsion \Tor"sion\, n. [F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere,
tortum, to twist. See Torture.]
1. 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.
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2. (Mech.) 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.
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Angle of torsion (of a curve) (Geom.), the indefinitely
small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a
curve of double curvature.
Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and
opposite couples which tend to twist a body.
Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating
very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions
and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or
fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or
needle, upon which the forces act.
Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of
the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by
torsion.
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Retorsion
(gcide) | Retorsion \Re*tor"sion\, n.
Same as Retortion.
[1913 Webster]Retortion \Re*tor"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]torsion. See Retort,
v. t.]
1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning
back. [Written also retorsion.]
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It was, however, necessary to possess some single
term expressive of this intellectual retortion.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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2. (Law) Retaliation. --Wharton.
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retorsion
(gcide) | Retorsion \Re*tor"sion\, n.
Same as Retortion.
[1913 Webster]Retortion \Re*tor"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]torsion. See Retort,
v. t.]
1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning
back. [Written also retorsion.]
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It was, however, necessary to possess some single
term expressive of this intellectual retortion.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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2. (Law) Retaliation. --Wharton.
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Torsibillty
(gcide) | Torsibillty \Tor`si*bil"l*ty\, n.
The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted.
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torsimeter
(gcide) | Torsion meter \Torsion meter\ (Mech.)
An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and
hence the horse power of an engine, esp. of a marine engine
of high power, by measuring the amount of twist of a given
length of the shaft. Called also torsimeter, torsiometer,
torsometer.
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torsiometer
(gcide) | Torsion meter \Torsion meter\ (Mech.)
An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and
hence the horse power of an engine, esp. of a marine engine
of high power, by measuring the amount of twist of a given
length of the shaft. Called also torsimeter, torsiometer,
torsometer.
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Torsion
(gcide) | Torsion \Tor"sion\, n. [F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere,
tortum, to twist. See Torture.]
1. 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.
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2. (Mech.) 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.
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Angle of torsion (of a curve) (Geom.), the indefinitely
small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a
curve of double curvature.
Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and
opposite couples which tend to twist a body.
Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating
very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions
and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or
fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or
needle, upon which the forces act.
Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of
the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by
torsion.
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Torsion balance
(gcide) | Torsion \Tor"sion\, n. [F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere,
tortum, to twist. See Torture.]
1. 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.
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2. (Mech.) 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.
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Angle of torsion (of a curve) (Geom.), the indefinitely
small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a
curve of double curvature.
Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and
opposite couples which tend to twist a body.
Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating
very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions
and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or
fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or
needle, upon which the forces act.
Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of
the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by
torsion.
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Torsion electrometer
(gcide) | Torsion electrometer \Tor"sion e*lec*trom"e*ter\ (Elec.)
A torsion balance used for measuring electric attraction or
repulsion.
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Torsion galvanometer
(gcide) | Torsion galvanometer \Torsion galvanometer\ (Elec.)
A galvanometer in which current is measured by torsion.
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Torsion head
(gcide) | Torsion head \Torsion head\
That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or
filament is suspended.
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Torsion indicator
(gcide) | Torsion indicator \Torsion indicator\
An autographic torsion meter.
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Torsion meter
(gcide) | Torsion meter \Torsion meter\ (Mech.)
An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and
hence the horse power of an engine, esp. of a marine engine
of high power, by measuring the amount of twist of a given
length of the shaft. Called also torsimeter, torsiometer,
torsometer.
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Torsion scale
(gcide) | Torsion \Tor"sion\, n. [F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere,
tortum, to twist. See Torture.]
1. 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.
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2. (Mech.) 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.
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Angle of torsion (of a curve) (Geom.), the indefinitely
small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a
curve of double curvature.
Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and
opposite couples which tend to twist a body.
Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating
very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions
and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or
fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or
needle, upon which the forces act.
Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of
the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by
torsion.
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Torsional
(gcide) | Torsional \Tor"sion*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the
force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest
after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional
force.
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torsion
(wn) | torsion
n 1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a
tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat
performed incredible contortions" [syn: tortuosity,
tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness]
2: a twisting force [syn: torsion, torque] |
torsion balance
(wn) | torsion balance
n 1: measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by
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EXTORSIVELY
(bouvier) | EXTORSIVELY. A technical word used in indictments for extortion. In North
Carolina, it seems, the crime of extortion may be charged without using this
word. 1 Hayw. R. 406.
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RETORSION
(bouvier) | RETORSION, war. The name of the act employed by a government to impose the
same hard treatment on the citizens or subjects of a state, that the latter
has used towards the citizens or subjects of the former, for the purpose of
obtaining the removal of obnoxious measures. Vattel, liv. 2, c. 18, Sec.
341; De Martens, Precis, liv. 8, c. 2, Sec. 254; Kluber, Droit dos Gens, s.
2 c. 1, Sec. 234; Mann. Comm. 105.
2. Retorsion signifies also the act by which an individual returns to
his adversary evil for evil; as, if Peter call Paul thief, and Paul says you
are a greater thief.
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