Torque (disambiguation)

Torque (disambiguation)

In physics, a torque is a vector that measures the tendency of a force to rotate an object about some axis.

Torque can also refer to:
*"Torque" (film), a 2004 film
*Torque (video game character), the main character in "The Suffering" video game series.
*Torque (comics), a DC Comics supervillain.
*Torque (Marvel Comics), a member of the X-People
*"Torque" (series), a 1970s and 1980s Australian television series about cars, hosted by Peter Wherrett
*Torque Game Engine, a game engine
*TORQUE Resource Manager, the Terascale Open-Source Resource and QUEue Manager
*Apache Torque, an open-source object-relational mapper for Java licensed under the Apache license
*Torc, an item of jewelry


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