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MOMENT OF FORCE

Specialty Definition: MOMENT OF FORCE

DomainDefinition

Mining

The turning effect on a body about a point called a pivot or fulcrum. In practice, the turning effect is commonly called leverage.Syn:turning effect. (references)

Physics

The tendency to produce rotation or torsion; it is expressed as the product of a force and its distance from the axis of rotation. A torque is equivalent to a "couple" Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Modern Translation: MOMENT OF FORCE

Language Translations for "MOMENT OF FORCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏لحظة العزم. (various references)

   

Danish

  

vridende moment (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

moment van een kracht (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), draaimoment (bending moment, driving couple, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, torsional moment, turning moment, twisting moment). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vääntömomentti (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, torsional moment, turning moment, twisting moment). (various references)

   

French

  

moment d'une force (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, turning moment, twisting moment), moment d'un couple (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, turning moment, twisting moment), moment de rotation (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, turning moment, twisting moment), moment de flexion (bending moment, flexural moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, turning moment, twisting moment). (various references)

   

German

  

Moment einer Kraft (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), Kraftmoment (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), Drehmoment (torque). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ροπή στρέψης (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, torsional moment, turning moment, twisting moment). (various references)

   

Italian

  

momento di una forza (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

omentmay ofay orcefay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

momento de uma força (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), momento de rotação (bending moment, disturbing moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), momento de flexão (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), binário (binary). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

momento (instance, instant, minute, Mo, moment, momentum, piece, place, point, tick, time). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vridmoment (torque), kraftmoment (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), böjmoment (bending moment, flexural moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, torque, turning moment, twisting moment). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MOMENT OF FORCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-f-m-m-n-o-o-o-r-t"

-4 letters: comonomer, metronome, monometer, monotreme.

-5 letters: commoner, effector, fomenter, forefoot, motormen.

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

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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