torsio

< Late Latin torsio, torsionem, from Latin tortio, from torqueō (“twist, turn”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtorsio/, [ˈt̪o̞rs̠io̞]
• Rhymes: -orsio
• Syllabification^(key): tor‧si‧o

torsio

1. (physics) torsion (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)

• kierto

• “torsio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• roisto, stoori

Late Latin for tortiō. From torqueō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.si.oː/, [ˈt̪ɔrs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.si.o/, [ˈt̪ɔrsio]

torsiō f (genitive torsiōnis); third declension

 ; (Late Latin)

1. a wringing or griping
2. colic

Third-declension noun.

• “torsĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torsĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,584/2.