Literary notes about torque (AI summary)
The term torque appears in literature with a fascinating dual application. In technical writings, it is used to describe the force that causes rotation, as seen when discussing motor performance and starting efficiency ([1], [2], [3]). Conversely, in historical and mythic accounts, torque typically refers to an ornamental collar or necklace imbued with symbolism and prestige, marking status or martial prowess ([4], [5], [6]). This blend of technical and decorative meanings underscores the word’s versatility across different genres and disciplines ([7], [8]).
- One of its objects is to give a large [Pg 33] 'starting torque' and so enable the car to gain speed quickly.
— from Electricity in Locomotion An Account of Its Mechanism, Its Achievements, and Its Prospects by Adam Gowens Whyte - A railway motor must be designed to run at a comparatively slow speed and to develop a strong rotative force, or torque, as it is technically called.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900Vol. 56, November, 1899 to April, 1900 by Various - The second valuable peculiarity of the electric motor is that it gives its 'maximum torque' at starting.
— from Electricity in Locomotion An Account of Its Mechanism, Its Achievements, and Its Prospects by Adam Gowens Whyte - A coffin of stone covers his body; his two bracelets of silver, his two arm-rings, and his neck-torque of silver are in the coffin.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans-Wentz - Still at her throat she wore a red flower, and round her neck clung the golden torque found in the old king's grave.
— from Armorel of Lyonesse: A Romance of To-day by Walter Besant - She wore a torque of gold, a tunic of several colours all in folds, and over it a robe of coarse stuff, fastened by a brooch.
— from A Comprehensive History of Norwich by A. D. Bayne - A labourer, digging a drain in a farm on the estate of the late Lord Palmerston, found a golden torque or torgue, an ancient British necklace.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 706July 7, 1877 by Various - The luck of the torque lingers with Queen Gerda even yet."
— from A Sea Queen's Sailing by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
