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Definition of Torsions
1. torsion [n] - See also: torsion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Torsions
Literary usage of Torsions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"An entire organ can also undergo torsions similar in all respects to those ...
torsions of the whole organ occur much more frequently in consequence of the ..."
2. Practical Plant Physiology: An Introduction to Original Research for by Wilhelm Detmer, S. A. (Samuel Albert) Moor (1898)
"torsions. torsions are frequently to be observed in internodes, and also in leaves.
Beautiful examples of torsion are exhibited by the older internodes of ..."
3. A Treatise on the Motor Apparatus of the Eyes: Embracing an Exposition of by George Thomas Stevens (1906)
"SOME OF THE PHENOMENA, CAUSES AND LAWS OF torsions OF THE EYES. In this section
some of the principles set forth in the preceding one will he restated in ..."
4. A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials: From by Isaac Todhunter (1893)
"(ii) After 129600 torsions no change was visible to the ... After 388800 torsions
the change in AB was visible to the naked eye and the rupture surface was ..."
5. The Science and art of obstetrics by Theophilus Parvin (1895)
"He refers to torsions as '' pra?mor- tal" and " postmortal." The first are caused
by the active movements of the foetus, or by a severe fall received by the ..."
6. The New American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure by Alphonso Wood (1889)
"This arrangement is very frequent ; but more or less disguised by the torsions
which the axis experiences in process of growth. ..."
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