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What is torque?
Answer Rotational force is usually spoken of as torque . Torque is a term we use to talk about a force that acts on a body to change its rate of rotation. It is the rotation…al equivalent of force in a linear motion system.A torque can arise from a single offset-applied force (using "inertial force" or "central bearing / pin force" to generate the balanced couple), from multiple applied forces, or when analyzing structures... from the slices of the structure outside the area of consideration. Roughly, it is a "force times a closest distance", even if that distance is to a point not on the structure under consideration.See the below link for formalism. In general, a torque does not produce linear displacement of the thing that is being "torqued", but nets to zero displacement over some length or some time.Technically, torque is the turning effect of a couple while moment of a force is the turning effect due to a single force but they are often interchanged.Torque is a type of force that causes an object to rotate. ( Full Answer )