How to Use torsion in a Sentence

torsion

noun
  • The way a torsion balance would work is as follows.
    — Big Think, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The way a torsion balance works is as follows.
    — Big Think, 6 May 2026
  • In some, a single landscape stretched over both panels, and had the swells and torsions of a nude body.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2018
  • Its suspension consists of control arms and torsion ban up front and a rigid axle and leaf springs in the rear.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 1 July 2023
  • These special starting values that create loops are called torsion points.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The torsion didn’t show on the ultrasound because the ovary had wrapped around itself twice (imagine the pain).
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • However, there's a way to figure it out—using a torsion balance.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Our group has developed a low-power biopsy system that builds on the torsion-spring approach.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The Cohen-Lenstra predictions with respect to torsion are quite easy to state.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Vibram sole make a stable platform with enough flex to be comfortable while still resistant to torsion.
    — Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Vibram sole make a stable platform with enough flex to be comfortable while still resistant to torsion.
    — Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The torsion balance remained an important part of this story, but was joined by other methods.
    — Big Think, 6 May 2026
  • If the torsion isn't treated with emergency care, the ovarian tissue can die and cause a patient to lose that ovary.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • If the torsion isn't treated with emergency care, the ovarian tissue can die and cause a patient to lose that ovary.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • The suspension, even with its rear torsion-beam setup, dips a shoulder to bite cleanly into corners and roustabout fun.
    — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Ovarian torsion can risk the survival of an ovary and if it is not identified and treated quickly can result in loss of that ovary.
    — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • To avoid oversteer, a link-type rear suspension with semi-trailing arms (and transverse torsion bars) was adopted.
    — Car and Driver, 27 Jan. 2023
  • But his singular fixation on the human body and its torsion remained constant.
    — Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Ovary torsion requires emergency surgery to preserve the ovary, and if necessary, remove it.
    — Kirsten Slyter, Bon Appétit, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The front-wheel-drive Taos features a torsion beam at the rear, while the all-wheel-drive model employs a multilink setup.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 26 May 2021
  • Ushi plants the Chuck atop a 1/4-in aluminum-tube chassis and cushions the wheels with a torsion axle suspension.
    — New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2024
  • While many compact cars have gone to a multilink rear-suspension setup, the Cruze still utilizes a torsion beam.
    — Dave Beard, Car and Driver, 30 June 2017
  • The torsion balance rod, with smaller masses attached to it, did indeed deflect as predicted.
    — Big Think, 6 May 2026
  • The heart of the clock is a titanium torsion pendulum that beats once every 10 seconds.
    — Jack Forster, Bloomberg.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • In the research paper, the scientists demonstrated the effects of twist, also referred to as torsion, on a very small scale.
    — Jordan Wilkerson, Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2020
  • This twisting, known as torsion, becomes important at extremely small scales and very high densities.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Your legs are strapped in to a series of torsion and leg-supporting struts (made from carbon fiber), placing the feet below the wheel axles for stability.
    — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2009
  • Their approach was to use a torsion balance, a pendulum-type balance that measures the amount of torque applied to the axis of the pendulum.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 5 June 2019
  • Ovarian torsion is hard thing to diagnose unless your ovary torques in the very moment when you’re being evaluated.
    — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Built on the third-generation of Hyundai's K platform, the Elantra features struts in front and a torsion-beam rear axle.
    — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 2 Dec. 2020

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