torsion
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Gravity between the outer and inner masses caused the suspended torsion balance to rotate, twisting the thin metal ribbon.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
This torsion introduces a built-in rotation within the geometry itself.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2025
There was nothing unusual in their collision, but a coincidence of torsion and tension ruptured Roigard’s patella tendon.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
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
Next to the torsions come the fasciated stems.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
On restoring the wire to its original place, it will be extremely flexible, and we may now superpose several contrary polarities under contrary torsions, as already described.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various
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
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