Torque vs Toque - What's the difference?
torque | toque |
(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or Nm; imperial unit foot-pound or ft.lbf).
* 1978 , James Richard Wertz, Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control , Springer,
To twist or turn something.
A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.
A type of hat with no brim.
* 1903 —Janet Elder Rait, Alison Howard , Archibald Constable & Co., page 273,
* 1932 —Vyvyan Holland, translator, The Strange River by Julien Green, Harper & Brothers, page 180,
* 1957 —,
(specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs
* 1999 —Michael Ruhlman, The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America , Owl Books, ISBN 0805061738, page 154,
* 2000 —Jerrilyn Farmer, Killer Wedding , HarperCollins, ISBN 0380795981, page 103,
* 2004 —Laura Levine, Killer Blonde , Kensington Books, ISBN 0758201621, page 114,
(by extension, informal) A chef.
* 2007 —October, Nicole Berrie, "Green Eggs and Sam", in , page 360,
A variety of bonnet monkey; (toque macaque), .
(Canada) A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
* 1998 , Douglas Coupland, Girlfriend in a Coma , ch 1:
As nouns the difference between torque and toque
is that torque is a rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or Nm; imperial unit foot-pound or ft.lbf) while toque is a type of hat with no brim.As a verb torque
is to twist or turn something.torque
English
(wikipedia torque)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 17:
- The relative strengths of the various torques will depend on both the spacecraft environment and the form and structure of the spacecraft itself.
Derived terms
* torque steer * torque wrenchSee also
* Customary: foot-pounds]] (ft·lbf) or pound-feet (lbf·ft), inch-[[ounce-force, ounces (in·ozf) * Metric: newton meters (N·m) * Symbol for torque as a variable: ? * Moment of a force.Verb
(torqu)Etymology 2
From (etyl) torquis (Torc)Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) * (l)Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----toque
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* touqueNoun
(en noun)- "Because Esmé said she was going out this afternoon to choose a new toque , and she hoped I should like it, and I’m not quite sure what it is, or where she'll wear it. Do you mind explaining?"
- "Not at all. A toque is that which if it had strings would be a bonnet, and if it had brim, would be a hat. It is worn on the head."
- "Thanks, now I know where I am," said the vicar of St. Machars, with a sigh of relief.
- She drank a glass of wine mixed with water, took off her felt toque and her shoes, and slid beneath the red eiderdown.
- In a dressing-gown, a stiff toque on his head, a large blood-stained handkerchief over his face, a whistle hanging from his neck, a rug over his knees, thick socks on his feet, Hamm seems to be asleep.
- Chef Felder was in her early forties, slender, with short wavy brown hair, almost all of which could be contained within her toque .
- When I came to the back of a man's head, wearing a toque , I knew I'd spotted my quarry.
- "Chef Reynoso?"
- Minutes later, a red-faced man in a chef's toque approached our table.
- Sam Mason first grabbed the spotlight as the pastry chef ... for being the most rock 'n' roll toque in town.
Etymology 2
1871. Assimilated from tuque.Alternative forms
* tuque (Canada)Noun
(Tuque) (en noun)- Such is the demented nature of the universe that I was too weak to properly respond to my being hit on by carloads of Betties and Veronicas—all except for the cheeky Cheryl Anderson who gave me ‘manual release’ the day I lost my eye-brows, followed by a flood of tears and the snapping of Polaroids in which I wear a knit toque . Gush gush.