Defn: An autographic torsion meter.
TORSION METER
Torsion meter. (Mech.)
Defn: An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and hence the horse power of an engine, esp. of a marine engine of high power, by measuring the amount of twist of a given length of the shaft. Called also torsimeter, torsiometer, torsometer.
TORSK Torsk, n. Etym: [Dan.; akin to Icel. þorskr a codfish, G. dorsch.] (Zoöl.) (a) The cusk. See Cusk. (b) The codfish. Called also tusk.
TORSO
Tor"so, n.; pl. E. Torsos, It. Torsi. Etym: [It. torso, probably fr.
L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr. torso, turso, a stalk, stem,
G. dorsche a cabbage stalk. Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.]
Defn: The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
TORT Tort, n. Etym: [F., from LL. tortum, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, p. p. of torqure to twist, bend. See Torture.]
1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.] That had them long opprest with tort. Spenser.
2. (Law)
Defn: Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury. Executor de son tort. See under Executor. — Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. Wharton.