{"id":8426,"date":"2020-02-25T07:15:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T07:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=8426"},"modified":"2020-08-12T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:26:17","slug":"torque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/torque\/","title":{"rendered":"Torque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A force that produces rotation or torsion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A measurement of an instrument\u2019s capacity to do work or to continue to rotate under resistance to rotation. It is expressed in Newton centimeters (Ncm). Compare: Moment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis. 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