torque
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The splitter’s decline was due to a mistaken belief it caused elbow injuries, but modern data shows it puts less torque on the elbow.
In Sport mode, the threshold of torque differential between the front wheels goes up, helping put the power down when it’s called for.
This torque travels along the strand, causing sections outside the pore to coil into plectonemes.
From Science Daily
Such a motor is great if you want to spin a fan, for example, because it functions well at high speeds with low torque.
From BBC
Apart from that, the driveline is status quo ante, pretty much, with the logic-controlled mechanical center differential splitting torque between front and rear axles, in ratios determined by acceleration, deceleration, demand and available traction.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
