来自拉丁语 torsionem,扭转，来自拉丁语 torquere,扭曲，扭转，词源同 turn,torque.

1. A portable torsion balance is used for weighing.

用一台轻便的弹簧秤称重.

2. He used a very sensitive torsion balance.

他利用了一架非常灵敏的扭力天平.

3. Sometimes, however, the ability of bars to deform appreciably in torsion is put to good use.

但是, 有时要利用杆件在扭转时具有可观变形的能力.

4. The plane problems and the torsion problem are standard fare in solution oriented books on elasticity.

平面问题和扭转问题是弹性问题解法书中的标准内容.

5. The discovery well was drilled in 1927 on the basis of magnetic and torsion - balance surveys.

其发现井是1927年根据磁力和扭称测量结果而钻探的.