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torsion

/tawr-shuhn/US // ˈtɔr ʃən //UK // (ˈtɔːʃən) //

扭转,扭力,扭矩,扭曲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of twisting.
    • : the state of being twisted.
    • : Mechanics. the twisting of a body by two equal and opposite torques.the internal torque so produced.
    • : Mathematics. the degree of departure of a curve from a plane.a number measuring this.

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Examples

  • They are a direct analog of torsion points on elliptic curves.

  • So, to put a bound on the Manin-Mumford conjecture, all the authors had to do was count the number of intersections between those torsion points.

  • The Jacobians also have torsion points, just like elliptic curves, which circle back on themselves under repeated internal addition.

  • The two elliptic curves and their torsion points could not be immediately compared because they do not necessarily overlap.

  • The torsion points are sprinkled on the surfaces of the elliptic curves, but the two curves might have very different shapes.

  • Coulomb was the maker of the first instrument for measuring a current, which was known as the torsion balance.

  • Penaud's machine, relying only on india rubber under torsion, flies for some fifty yards.

  • On the other hand, the law of torsion could hardly be quite so simple, at all events, to the second order of approximations.

  • Its free motion differs entirely from that given it by torsion or stress.

  • The old freighter swung a great circle, its torsion jets blasting desperately in an effort to keep it on an even keel.