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TORQUE, or TORO (Lat. torquis, torque...

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 58 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TORQUE, or See also:TORO (See also:Lat. torquis, torques, a See also:twisted See also:collar, torquere, to twist)  , the See also:term given by archaeologists to the See also:twisted collars or armlets of See also:gold or other See also:metal worn particularly by the See also:ancient Gauls and other allied See also:Celtic races . The typical See also:torque is a circlet with twisted rope-like strands, the ends not joined together; the torque was usually worn with the opening in the front as seen in a figure of a See also:Gaul in a sculptured See also:sarcophagus in the Capitoline Museum at See also:Rome . In See also:mechanics, the term " torque " is used of the turning-moment of a See also:system-force, as in a See also:series See also:dynamo .

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