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moment of force
  گشتاور   
gaštâvar (#)

Fr.: moment, couple   

A measure of a force's tendency to cause a body to → rotate about a specified → axis. It is given by the force times the perpendicular → distance of the → line of action from the axis. Same as → torque

→ moment; → force.