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Torque Definition

–noun
1. Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the a32 moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
2. Machinery. the measured ability of a rotating element, as of a gear or shaft, to overcome turning resistance.
3. Optics. the rotational effect on plane-polarized light passing through certain liquids or crystals.
4. Also, torc. a collar, necklace, or similar ornament consisting of a twisted narrow band, usually of precious metal, worn esp. by the ancient Gauls and Britons.
–verb (used with object)
5. Machinery. to apply torque to (a nut, bolt, etc.).
6. to cause to rotate or twist.
–verb (used without object)
7. to rotate or twist.

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Converter Definition

–noun
1. a person or thing that converts.
2. Electricity. a device that converts alternating current to direct current or vice versa. Compare inverter, synchronous converter.
3. Metallurgy. a chamber or vessel through which an oxidizing blast of air is forced, as in making steel by the Bessemer process.
4. Television. decoder (def. 5).
5. Radio and Television. an auxiliary device that permits a receiver to pick up frequencies or channels for which it was not originally designed.
6. Physics. a reactor for converting one kin 134a d of fuel into another kind.
7. a person who is engaged in converting textile fabrics, esp. cotton cloths, from the raw state into the finished product ready for the market by bleaching, dyeing, etc.
8. Also called converter lens. Photography. an additional lens attached to a lens in use on a camera to alter focal length, mounted in front of a lens to produce a wide-angle effect (wide-angle converter) or between the lens and the camera body to produce a telephoto effect (teleconverter or extender).

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