moment of force (English, noun)
expansion: moment of force (plural moments of force)
Senses:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
wikidata: Q48103
glosses: The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. The moment is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance between its line of action and the axis of rotation.
Forms:
form: moments of force
tags: plural