Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TOR'SION
TOR'SION, n. [L. torsio, from torqueo, to twist.]
The act of turning or twisting. Torsion balance, an instrument for estimating very minute forces by the motion of an index attached to the ends of two fine wires, which twist around each other. D. Olmsled.
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