torsion
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According to the model, torsion becomes especially important at the extreme densities associated with the Planck scale.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
There was nothing unusual in their collision, but a coincidence of torsion and tension ruptured Roigard’s patella tendon.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
Subsequently, researchers created bundles of fibres by tying the ends of two or more fibres together and applying slight torsion to ensure contact between all the fibres.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
In the months after her surgery, the band that constricted her stomach slipped and she developed gastric torsion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
It incorporated weights, counterweights, pendulums, shafts, and torsion wires.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Structural work, which will begin later this month, includes strengthening existing beams, reducing loads and putting in additional support for torsions, Jim Bell, director of structural engineers for Arup, said.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2019
Nothing should upset the horse’s digestion: no blockages, gas bubbles, or torsions.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2012
He invented a corset with holes in it for ventilation to be worn for various torsions of the spine and other spinal deformities.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
Soft iron soon loses the structure, or becomes enfeebled, under the constant to and fro torsions requisite where we desire a constant change of polarity, as described later in the magnetic bells.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various
Concerning torsions, etc., the student should read De Vries, "On Biastrepsis in its Relation to Cultivation," Ann. of Bot.,
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
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