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torsion meter
CIDE DICTIONARY
torsion meter,
An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and hence the horse power of an engine, esp. of a marine engine of high power, by measuring the amount of twist of a given length of the shaft. Called also torsimeter , torsiometer , torsometer . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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