Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

torsional Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
torsional
noun(tor-sion)
the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of forces tending to turn one end or part about a longitudinal axis while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction; also : the state of being twisted
torsional
noun(tor-sion)
the twisting of a bodily organ or part on its own axis
torsional
noun(tor-sion)
the reactive torque that an elastic solid exerts by reason of being under torsion

Words Related to torsional!

twisted, flexural, compressive, uniaxial, axial, frictional, biaxial, kinematic, radial, helical, rotational, aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, lateral, tractive, ligamentous, multiaxial, extensor, unsprung, sinusoidal, steric, condylar, martensitic, tibial, hydrostatic, piezo, patellar, ohmic, epicyclic, circumferential, osseous, glenoid, knurled, hysteretic, acromion, soleus, thermodynamic, dispersive, oscillatory, tailstock, elastomeric, viscoelastic, interfacial, vibratory, triaxial, atraumatic, antiparallel, dipolar, humeral, toroidal, pronated, sidecut, deflectable, dihedral, fascial, calcaneal, compressional, spline, adiabatic, hydropneumatic, electrostatic, anisotropic, transonic, synchromesh, intervertebral, inspiratory, aspheric, peroneal, dissipative, electrokinetic, hallux, tibiofibular, coplanar, paramagnetic, tensioning, plasty, accelerative, processive, isotropic, trochanteric, shear, mesial, inertial, gyroscopic, intramolecular, palmar, quasiparticle, contractile, isostatic, hexapod, laminar, auxetic, proprioceptive, windage, odontoid, trabecular, brownian, acetal, exothermic, intraventricular,

torsional Examples by Brain Bank Users