Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

TORQUES

Definition: TORQUES

TORQUES

Noun

1. A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "TORQUES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1858. (references)

Etymology: Torques \Tor"ques\, noun. [Latin expression, necklace. See Torque,]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: TORQUES

English words defined with "TORQUES": Torquate. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TORQUES": acceleration insensitive drift rate, asynchronous runningELECTRICAL-EQUIPMENT TESTERfalling out of stepinspector, precision electrical assemblyloss of synchronismtester, electrical accessories. (references)
Etymologies containing "TORQUES": torque. (references)
Non-English Usage: "TORQUES" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (bend, chaplet, collar, distort, hurl, necklace, necklace of twisted metal, ring, spin, torment, torture, turn, twist, whirl, wind, wreath), Spanish (torque).

Top     

Usage Frequency: TORQUES

"TORQUES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TORQUES" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%2176,261

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: TORQUES

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bolt torques

3

body equilibrium rigid torques

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translation: TORQUES

Language Translations for "TORQUES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

扭矩 (torque, Torqued). (various references)

   

Danish

  

modstand over for drejningsmomenter (resistance to torques). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

weerstand tegen koppelmomenten (resistance to torques). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

momentinkestävyys (resistance to torques). (various references)

   

French

  

résistance aux couples (resistance to torques). (various references)

   

German

  

Drehmomente. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αντίσταση στις ροπές (resistance to torques). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nyaklánc hajlított fémből (torque). (various references)

   

Italian

  

resistenza alle coppie (resistance to torques). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(torque). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orquestay

   

Portuguese

  

resistência aos binários (resistance to torques). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

resistencia a los pares (resistance to torques). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Bible Trace: TORQUES

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 1, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintStefanon gar caritwn dexh sh korufh kai kloion cruseon peri sw trachlw
Latin405VulgateUt addatur gratia capiti tuo et torques collo tuo
Middle English1395WyclifThat ther be added grace to thin hed, and a beye to thi necke.
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Victorian English1833WebsterFor they shalt be an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Basic English1964OgdenFor they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Matched Bible Translations: TORQUES

LanguageProverbs Chapter 1, Verse 9
CebuanoKay sila maingon sa usa ka purongpurong bulak sa gracia sa imong ulo, Ug mga kulentas sa imong liog.
Chinese 為 這 要 作 上 的 華 、 上 的 金 鍊 。
CroatianJer æe ti biti ljupki vijenac na glavi i ogrlica oko tvoga vrata.
Danishthi begge er en yndig Krans til dit Hoved og Kæder til din Hals.
DutchWant zij zullen uw hoofd een aangenaam toevoegsel zijn, en ketenen aan uw hals.
Finnishsillä ne ovat ihana seppele sinun päähäsi ja käädyt sinun kaulaasi.
FrenchCar c`est une couronne de grâce pour ta tête, Et une parure pour ton cou.
GermanDenn solches ist ein schöner Schmuck deinem Haupt und eine Kette an deinem Hals.
Haitian CreoleMenm jan bèl foula mare nan tèt ak kolye pase nan kou bay pi bèl aparans, konsa tou konsèy papa ou ak manman ou ap fè anpil pou ou.
HungarianMert kedves ékesség lesz a te fejednek, és aranyláncz a te nyakadra.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-harisebab ajaran-ajaran mereka menambah budi baikmu seperti hiasan kepala dan kalung memperindah rupamu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena ia itulah akan bulang yang elok pada kepalamu dan kalung rantai yang indah-indah pada lehermu.
Italianperché saranno una corona graziosa sul tuo capo e monili per il tuo collo.
Korean이 " 네 머 리 의 아 름 다 운 관 이 " 네 목 의 금 사 슬 이 니 라
MaoriKa waiho hoki ena hei pare ataahua mo tou matenga, hei mekameka whakapaipai mo tou kaki.
NorwegianFor de er en fager krans for ditt hode og kjeder om din hals.
PortuguesePorque eles serão uma grinalda de graça para a tua cabeça, e colares para o teu pescoço.   
RumanianCqci ele sknt o cununq plqcutq pe capul tqu, wi un lany de aur la gktul tqu.
Russian ПФПНХ ЮФП ЬФП-- ТЕЛТБУОЩК ЧЕОПЛ "МС ЗПМПЧЩ ФЧПЕК Й ХЛТБЫЕОЙЕ "МС ЫЕЙ ФЧПЕК.
Spanishporque diadema de gracia serán a tu cabeza y collares a tu cuello.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Derivations & Misspellings: TORQUES

Derivations

Words beginning with "TORQUES": torqueses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"TORQUES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chocques, lorsque, tirque, torgue, torke, tornus, Torous, torqe, torquay, torquer, torquey, torquier, torues, toruos, touques, troque, ttorque. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top     

Anagrams: TORQUES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: questor, quoters, roquets.

Words within the letters "e-o-q-r-s-t-u"

-1 letter: ouster, outers, quoter, quotes, roques, roquet, routes, souter, stoure, toques, torque.

-2 letters: euros, outer, outre, quest, quote, roque, roset, rotes, roues, rouse, roust, route, routs, store, stour, toque, tores, torse, torus, tours, touse, trues.

-3 letters: eros, erst, euro, ores, orts, ours, oust, outs, rest, rets, roes, rose, rote, rots, roue, rout, rues, ruse.

 Words containing the letters "e-o-q-r-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: croquets, equators, quaestor, questors, torquers.

 

+2 letters: grotesque, paroquets, quaestors, quartzose, quatorzes, requestor, sobriquet, torqueses, turquoise.

 

+3 letters: coquetries, croquettes, grotesques, questioner, quixotries, reconquest, requestors, sobriquets, soubriquet, turquoises.

 

+4 letters: corequisite, grotesquely, grotesquery, preconquest, quaternions, quatrefoils, quercitrons, questionary, questioners, reconquests, requisition, soubriquets, terraqueous, tourniquets, triquetrous.

 

+5 letters: corequisites, equivocators, forequarters, grotesquerie, requisitions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: TORQUES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 52 51 55 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    ---    .-.    --.-    ..-    .    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 01010010 01010001 01010101 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#82 &#81 &#85 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 0052 0051 0055 0045 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54495251553953

Top     



INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Bible Trace
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.