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University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: What Is Torque?

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This site provides an introductory look at torque, the measure of how much a force acting on an object causes that object to rotate. Provides a definition of torque, illustrations, and also a formula to define torque.

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torque
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Additional Tags
cross product of distance vector and the force vector, force causing an object to rotate, moment arm, net torque, pivot point, product of magnitude of the force and of perpendicular distance from the force, right hand rule, rotational equilibrium, rotational motion, newton-metre
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information