Torque
Torque , noun
[Latin torques a twisted neck chain, from torquere to twist.]
1.
A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.
2.
(Mechanics) That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. — J. Thomson
3.
(Physics Science) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.