The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
TORQUE
torsion, torque
(noun) a twisting force
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
torque (countable and uncountable, plural torques)
(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton metre or Nm; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
Verb
torque (third-person singular simple present torques, present participle torqueing or torquing, simple past and past participle torqued)
To twist or turn something.
Etymology 2
Noun
torque (plural torques)
A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.
Anagrams
• quoter, roquet
Source: Wiktionary
Torque, n. Etym: [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.]
1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.
2. Etym: [L. torquere to twist.] (Mech.)
Definition: That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J. Thomson.
3. (Phys. Science)
Definition: A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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