Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun torsion

2 senses of torsion

Sense 1
tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness -- (a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions")
       => distorted shape, distortion -- (a shape resulting from distortion)

Sense 2
torsion, torque -- (a twisting force)
       => force -- ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration")