torque

noun

1. a twisted metal collar or necklace worn by ancient Teutons, Gauls, Britons, etc.
2. Physics a measure of the tendency of a force to cause rotation, equal to the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance between the line of action of the force and the center of rotation: abbrev. T
3. popularly the force that acts to produce rotation, as in an automotive vehicle

transitive verb torqued, torquing