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torsion meter — noun : an instrument for determining the torque on a shaft compare torsigraph * * * torsion meter noun A torque meter • • • Main Entry: ↑torsion … Useful english dictionary
Torsion indicator — An autographic torsion meter. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Torsion field — Infobox Pseudoscience topics=Physics claims=Spin spin interaction can be transmitted through space at speeds of at least up to 109 the speed of light via a special kind of field, making possible FTL travel, ESP, homeopathy, levitation, and other… … Wikipedia
torsimeter — Torsion meter Torsion meter (Mech.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
torsiometer — Torsion meter Torsion meter (Mech.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
torsometer — Torsion meter Torsion meter (Mech.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbr.: shp, SHP [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
torsionometer — A device for measuring the degree of rotation of the spinal column. * * * tor·sion·om·e·ter (tor″shən omґə tər) [torsion + meter] an apparatus for estimating the degree of rotation of the vertebral column … Medical dictionary
AMX-30 — French AMX 30B2 sporting a 105 rifled tank gun Type Main battle tank Place of origin … Wikipedia
Measuring instrument — Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax contemplating measuring instruments in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea … Wikipedia
