torque

This shuttle stack sits in flight configuration, almost exactly as it would look on the cusp of liftoff, besides the yellow torque tubes lining the orbiter’s white shell like external ribs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Besides pulling material away from the star, those forces also apply torque, causing the star to rotate faster after each close encounter.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

The new engine would be more powerful, boast more torque, tow more and use less fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

“And as he said, as we feel, it’s the pitching and the torque of landing on that leg that kind of gets it upset.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

My steps slowed down, and I came to a dead stop, frozen there like a windup toy that had run out of torque.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

During flight, the AI-based policy receives information about the robot's position and converts it into real-time commands controlling factors such as thrust force and torques.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Computer simulations that applied realistic forces and torques confirmed this behavior and showed that plectoneme formation depends on DNA's ability to transmit twist along its length.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026

Ultimately, though, the author torques her contrarianism past trolling, past knee-jerk philosophizing and past satire, alchemizing a critique of literary culture in all its ideological waywardness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

Some of the white terracotta tiles that cover the building’s facade were haphazardly installed, wrecking the precise geometries of a design that ripples and torques.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

“Lord Bowen, you shall collect the tolls. The gold and silver, the amber, the torques and armbands and necklaces. Sort it all, count it, see that it reaches Eastwatch safely.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Argentine lifestyle impresario Alan Faena opened his namesake New York hotel late last year in the bottom of a torqued high rise by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Four split discs of aluminum hang from the ceiling at torqued angles.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

Asked if it could happen, he replied: “I suppose, if you really torqued it.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

In other words, this occasionally meandering, openly life-affirming confection is in direct contrast to the torqued and tortured “Black Swan.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

There was a grinding shudder—then a twisted ship which looked as if some giant had taken a wet rag and torqued it to squeeze out the water.

From A Woman's Place by Mark Clifton

After years spent clenching, tightening and torquing myself out of all types of alignment, I am ready to surrender my way back to something like order.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Wilson claims it designed a tool to install bolts and fasteners on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner starting in 2012, and alleged that misuse of its stolen torquing tool led to leaks aboard the International Space Station.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

The chronic lower back pain that dogged the late stage of his career has subsided, flaring up only if he makes moves that trigger the damage of decades of torquing to stave off G-forces.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2019

Dressed as a lifeguard, Ugo Laffolay of France balances on one hand on the spindly, ever rising arms of his watchtower, torquing his body sideways and shaping his limbs into graceful patterns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2017

“Anya, look!” he said, torquing his arm back and forth.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack