torsion
IPA: tˈɔrʃʌn
noun
- The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
- (mathematics)
- (medicine)
- (mechanics) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
- (surgery) The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery.
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Examples of "torsion" in Sentences
- Twisting of the testicles, called torsion, can damage them and lead to antisperm antibody production.
- Possibilities include testicular torsion, which is incredibly painful and must be dealt with immediately.
- Siobhan said: hes going to be fine after he got jumped on by a 3 year old child A spiral fracture (also called a torsion fracture) is a bone ...
- To guard against the influence of air currents, the apparatus (called a torsion balance) was enclosed in a room and observed with telescopes mounted on each side.
- The problem stems from the fact that the symptoms of mumps most especially swelling of the testicles can overlap with those caused by mononucleosis and a testicle problem called torsion.
- Quartz fibres have two great advantages over other forms of suspension when employed for any kind of torsion balance, from an ordinary more or less "astatic" galvanometer to the Cavendish apparatus.
- Another trend, growing from Weyl's work, involved introducing various geo - metrical features, such as torsion, directly into space - time, a notable example being the theory, based on an unsymmetric gab, on which Einstein was working at the time of his death.
- Dr. Gregory Cochran, the first author on the Utah team's paper and a physicist who took up biology, said he became interested in the subject upon learning that patients with a particular Ashkenazic disease known as torsion dystonia were told by their physicians that "the positive thing is that this makes you smart."
- His study, published in 1970 in the medical journal Lancet, compared IQs of 14 children with a Jewish disease called torsion dystonia -- a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable muscle contractions that twist the body -- along with 10 of their healthy siblings, and unrelated Jewish students matched by age, sex and school.
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