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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   torsion
       n 1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a
            tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat
            performed incredible contortions" [syn: tortuosity,
            tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness]
       2: a twisting force [syn: torsion, torque]