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nounThe turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. The moment is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance between its line of action and the axis of rotation.
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Translations
Arabic عَزْم
- عَزْم (ʕazm)moment of force
Bulgarian момент на сила
- момент на сила (moment na sila)moment of force
Catalan moment de força
- moment de forçamoment of force
Chinese Mandarin 力矩
- 力矩 (lì jǔ)moment of force
Czech moment síly
- moment sílymoment of force
Dutch krachtmoment, moment
- krachtmomentmoment of force
- momentmoment of force
Finnish voiman momentti, momentti
- voiman momenttimoment of force
- momenttimoment of force
French moment de force
- moment de forcemoment of force
German Drehmoment, Kraftmoment
- Drehmomentmoment of force
- Kraftmomentmoment of force
Hindi बलाघूर्ण
- बलाघूर्ण (balāghūrṇ)moment of force
Hungarian forgatónyomaték, erőnyomaték
- forgatónyomatékmoment of force
- erőnyomatékmoment of force
Indonesian momen gaya
- momen gayamoment of force
Polish moment siły
- moment siłymoment of force
Romanian moment de torsiune
- moment de torsiunemoment of force
Russian моме́нт си́лы
- моме́нт си́лы (momént síly)moment of force
Spanish momento de fuerza
- momento de fuerzamoment of force
Thai โมเมนต์
- โมเมนต์ (mohmen)moment of force
Vietnamese mô men lực
- mô men lựcmoment of force
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moment of force. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moment%20of%20force
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“moment of force.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moment%20of%20force. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moment of force,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moment%20of%20force.
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