torque
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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
Superior torque means the electric versions get stuck less frequently than their diesel-powered counterparts, but photographer and guide Mark Dunsmuir said the real prize is the sound of life on the tundra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Aeon is equipped with 21 sensors including cameras, radar, a microphone, and force and torque sensors for manipulation.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
The design enables higher power and torque density.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Called torque, this reaction must be compensated for by your feet pushing on the rudder pedals.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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However, Mach's explanation could not account for the reverse rotations and torques measured during the new experiments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 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
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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
I torqued my car out of the way but geez, people.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
In December, a Tesla supplier implemented improved process controls along with improved training and supervision to ensure bolts are torqued to specifications, the automaker said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 4, 2023
The dancers’ physicality was arresting as they torqued their backs and torsos, melting onto the floor and swooping back up again with a feverish vivacity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
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
In a certain sense it was taking codes from the dominant culture and torquing them.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
Listen to the torquing five-second intro of the TNT Tribble Orchestra’s “Red Hot Boogie” and feel the universe spin.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
“Anya, look!” he said, torquing his arm back and forth.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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