torsion

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noun

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, contortion, crookedness
• Derivationally related forms:
contortionist (for: contortion), contort (for: contortion), tortuous (for: tortuousness), tortuous (for: tortuosity)
• Hypernyms:
distorted shape, distortion
2. a twisting force
• Syn:
torque
• Hypernyms:
force
• Hyponyms:
magnetic moment, moment of a magnet

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  torque, tortuosity, tortuousness, contortion, crookedness