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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 58 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TORQUE, or
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TORO (
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Lat. torquis, torques, a
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twisted
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collar, torquere, to twist)  , the
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term given by archaeologists to the
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twisted collars or armlets of
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gold or other
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metal worn particularly by the
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ancient Gauls and other allied
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Celtic races . The typical
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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
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Gaul in a sculptured
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sarcophagus in the Capitoline Museum at
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Rome . In
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mechanics, the term " torque " is used of the turning-moment of a
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system-force, as in a
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series
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dynamo .

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