torsion
torsion
[ˈtɔːʃ(ə)n]
noun
torsional
adjective
torsionally
adverb
torsionless
adjective
语源
[ˈtɔːʃ(ə)n]
noun
- [mass noun]the action of twisting or the state of being twisted, especially of one end of an object relative to the other
扭，反扭
■the twisting of the cut end of an artery after surgery to impede bleeding
（手术后为止血而）将割断的动脉扭转
■(Mathematics)the extent to which a curve departs from being planar
(数)挠率
■(Zoology)(in a gastropod mollusc) the spontaneous twisting of the visceral hump through 180° during larval development
(动)扭转
torsional
adjective
torsionally
adverb
torsionless
adjective
语源
- late Middle English (as a medical term denoting colic or in the sense 'twisting' (especially of a loop of the intestine)): via Old French from late Latin torsio(n-), variant of tortio(n-) 'twisting, torture', from Latin torquere 'to twist'
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