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overtorque

overtorque noun: the production of excessive torque in an engine.

Noun

overtorque (countable and uncountable, plural overtorques)

  1. The production of excessive torque in an engine.
    • Overtorque of the delta hinge bolt is reported to cause binding in the pitch change mechanism and failure of the tail rotor pitch change bearing.1969, Federal Aviation Administration, General aviation inspection aids, page 22

Verb

overtorque (third-person singular simple present overtorques, present participle overtorquing, simple past and past participle overtorqued)

  1. To produce excessive torque in an engine.

Forms of overtorque

Noun
pluralovertorques
Verb
third-person singular presentovertorques
present participleovertorquing
past participleovertorqued
pastovertorqued

Origin of overtorque

From over- + torque.

Questions about overtorque

What does overtorque mean?
Overtorque means the production of excessive torque in an engine.
What part of speech is overtorque?
Overtorque can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of overtorque?
The plural of overtorque is overtorques.

Words near overtorque in the dictionary

  1. overtopple
  2. overtoppled
  3. overtopples
  4. overtoppling
  5. overtops
  6. overtorque
  7. overtorqued
  8. overtorques
  9. overtorquing
  10. overtour
  11. overtoured

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