torsion
1. a tortuous and twisted shape or position - they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs - the acrobat performed incredible contortions • Syn: tortuosity, tortuousness, contortion, crookedness • Derivationally related forms: contortionist (for: contortion), contort (for: contortion), tortuous (for: tortuousness), tortuous (for: tortuosity) • Hypernyms: distorted shape, distortion 2. a twisting force • Syn: torque • Hypernyms: force • Hyponyms: magnetic moment, moment of a magnet
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