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TORQUES

\tˈɔːks], \tˈɔːks], \t_ˈɔː_k_s]\

Definitions of TORQUES

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

About an axis, the product of a force and the distance of its line of action from the axis. (NASA Thesaurus, 1994)

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A necklace-like arrangement of fur, feathers, or the like.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

[Latin] A necklace-like arrangement of fur, feathers, or the like (zool.).

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
By J.H. Kenneth

[L.] A chain or collar of metal ringlets interlaced with each other, and worn round the neck, specially by the Gauls. From depriving one of their chiefs of his collar, Torques Manlius was surnamed Torquatus, B.C. 361. See Collar of S.S.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

n. An ornament worn by the ancient Britons round the neck, formed of small rings of metal interlaced in each other.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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