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torso
(encz) | torso,trup n: Petr Prášek |
Torso
(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.
[1913 Webster] |
torso
(wn) | torso
n 1: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved
their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk,
body] |
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torso
(encz) | torso,trup n: Petr Prášek |
torsometer
(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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Torsos
(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.
[1913 Webster] |
torso
(wn) | torso
n 1: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved
their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk,
body] |
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