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torsion
torsion is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
- 2noun
That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
- 3noun
a twisting force
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- 4noun
a tortuous and twisted shape or position
"they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"
"the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
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