n. [ L. acus needle + torsion. ] (Med.) The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage. [ Not in Stedman -- an obsolete procedure? ][ archaic ]
n. The position or office of an administrator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office or function of auditor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of a collector of customs or of taxes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office or occupation of a commentator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Contortion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State or condition of a creator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of a curator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Detortion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition or office of a director; directorate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Doctorate. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office or status of an elector.
n. The office of an executor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Extort. ] Serving or tending to extort. [ R. ] Johnson. --
n. The business of a factor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or office of an imitator. “Servile imitatorship.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.
n.
n. the office or position of an instructor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ L. intortio a curling, crisping: cf. F. intorsion. See Intort, and cf. Intortion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of a legislator. Halifax. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office or character of a mediator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of a moderator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The post or office of a monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Pastorate. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of a precentor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office or dignity of a pretor. J. Warton [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office or term of a procurator. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being a progenitor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of a prolocutor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being proprietor; ownership. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of a protector or regent; protectorate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office, or the term of office, of a questor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. Same as Retortion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office or dignity of a senator. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office, rank, or condition of a servitor. Boswell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ F. ] A twisted cord; also, a molded or worked ornament of similar form.
The crown decked with torsades of pearls. Harper's Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Carp.) A torsel. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF., fr. OF. & F. tors, torse, twisted, wreathed, p. p. of tordre to twist, L. torquere. See Torture. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Carp.) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on. Gwilt [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist. See Torture. ]
Angle of torsion
Moment of torsion (Mech.)
Torsion balance (Physics.),
Torsion scale,
a. Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis;