: a sweet-smelling herb with small leaves that is used in cooking.6 ENTRIES FOUND: 1  thyme. 2  thyme camphor. 3  thyme dodder. 4  thyme-leaved sandwort. 5  thyme-leaved speedwell. 6  basil thyme. 7  cat thyme. 8  creeping thyme. 9  field thyme. 10  horse thyme. 11  lemon thyme. 12  mother-of-thyme. 13  shepherd's thyme. 14  Virginia thyme. 15  water thyme. 16  wild thyme.
By Andrew Zimmerman Jones. Definition: Torque is the tendency of a force to cause or change rotational motion of a body. Torque is calculated by multiplying Force and distance, so the SI units of torque are newton-meters, or N*m (even though this is the same as joules, torque isn't work or energy, so should just be newton-meters).
= r x F = r F sin(). In other words, torque is the cross product between the distance vector (the distance from the pivot point to the point where force is applied) and the force vector, 'a' being the angle between r and F. Using the right hand rule, we can find the direction of the torque vector.