document.writeln('<dl><dt><b>torque</b></dt>');
document.writeln('<dd><a href="/glossary.shtml#engine">Engine</a> torque is the ability  of the');
document.writeln('<a href="/glossary.shtml#crankshaft">crankshaft</a> to impart a twisting or turning');
document.writeln('force from its axis. It is a vector value measured in Newton-meters (different than');
document.writeln('a Joule) or in pound-feet, but this is sometimes written foot-pounds. Foot-pounds');
document.writeln('is properly used to refer to the twisting force exerted <i>on</i> an axis.');
document.writeln('For example, if a pipe wrench is placed on a pipe and a pressure of one pound is');
document.writeln('exerted exactly one foot from the center of the pipe, the torque applied to the');
document.writeln('pipe is one pound-foot.<br>');
document.writeln('<font size=1><i>by Victor Lehtinen and Randy Hicks</i></font></dd></dl>');