English-French translations for torsion

• torsion
  Les données relatives au chargement et au déchargement, au fait qu'il est question de cassure ou de torsion dans un navire, ne sont pas rapportées. The information about loading and unloading, whether twisting or torsion occurs in a ship, is not reported.

Definition of torsion

• The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction
• The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery

Related words

• retorsion
• torsional
• distorsion
• torsion angle
• torsion wrench