Torque vs. Force

Torquenoun

A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton metre or Nm; imperial unit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound-foot_(torque) pound-foot] or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)

Torquenoun

A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.

Torqueverb

To twist or turn something.

Torquenoun

A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.

Torquenoun

That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.

Torquenoun

A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.

Torquenoun

a twisting force

Torque

In physics and mechanics, torque is the rotational equivalent of linear force. It is also referred to as the moment, moment of force, rotational force or turning effect, depending on the field of study.

Forcenoun

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

Forcenoun

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

Forcenoun

(countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.

Forcenoun

A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)

Forcenoun

Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.

Forcenoun

(countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

Forcenoun

(uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

Forcenoun

(countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.

Forcenoun

(legal) Legal validity.

Forcenoun

(legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

Forcenoun

Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.

Forcenoun

(science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas.

Forcenoun

A waterfall or cascade.

Forceverb

(transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.

Forceverb

To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

Forceverb

(transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.

Forceverb

(transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

Forceverb

(transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

Forceverb

(transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.

Forceverb

(transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

Forceverb

To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

Forceverb

To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.

Forceverb

(whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.

Forceverb

(archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

Forceverb

(archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

Forceverb

(obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

Forceverb

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

Forceverb

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

Forceverb

To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.

Forceverb

To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.

Forceverb

To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one's will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon.

Forceverb

To obtain, overcome, or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress; as, to force the castle; to force a lock.

Forceverb

To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; - with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc.

Forceverb

To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

Forceverb

To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a conceit or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.

Forceverb

To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.

Forceverb

To provide with forces; to reënforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

Forceverb

To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

Forceverb

To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.

Forceverb

To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.

Forceverb

To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.

Forcenoun

A waterfall; a cascade.

Forcenoun

Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.

Forcenoun

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion; as, by force of arms; to take by force.

Forcenoun

Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; - an armament; troops; warlike array; - often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation; the armed forces.

Forcenoun

Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence.

Forcenoun

Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force.

Forcenoun

a unit that is part of some military service;

Forcenoun

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;

Forcenoun

(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity;

Forcenoun

group of people willing to obey orders;

Forcenoun

a powerful effect or influence;

Forcenoun

an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists);

Forcenoun

physical energy or intensity;

Forcenoun

a group of people having the power of effective action;

Forcenoun

(of a law) having legal validity;

Forceverb

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :

Forceverb

urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

Forceverb

move with force,

Forceverb

impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;

Forceverb

squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;

Forceverb

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

Forceverb

do forcibly; exert force;

Forceverb

cause to move along the ground by pulling;

Forceverb

take by force;

Forcenoun

strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement

Forcenoun

an influence tending to change the motion of a body or produce motion or stress in a stationary body. The magnitude of such an influence is often calculated by multiplying the mass of the body and its acceleration.

Forcenoun

used with a number as a measure of wind strength on the Beaufort scale

Forcenoun

coercion or compulsion, especially with the use or threat of violence

Forcenoun

mental or moral strength or power

Forcenoun

a person or thing regarded as exerting power or influence

Forcenoun

the powerful effect of something

Forcenoun

an organized body of military personnel or police

Forcenoun

troops and weaponry

Forcenoun

the army, navy, and air force of a country.

Forcenoun

the police.

Forcenoun

a group of people brought together and organized for a particular activity

Forcenoun

a waterfall.

Forceverb

make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force

Forceverb

drive or push into a specified position or state using physical strength or against resistance

Forceverb

achieve or bring about (something) by effort

Forceverb

artificially hasten the development or maturity of (a plant).

Forceverb

make (someone) do something against their will

Forceverb

put out (a runner) by necessitating an advance to the next base when it is not possible to do so safely.

Force

In physics, a force is any influence that, when unopposed, will change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (which includes to begin moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate.