MOMENT OF A COUPLE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does moment of a couple mean? 

• MOMENT OF A COUPLE (noun)
  The noun MOMENT OF A COUPLE has 1 sense:

1. given two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them

  Familiarity information: MOMENT OF A COUPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOMENT OF A COUPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Given two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("moment of a couple" is a kind of...):

moment (a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force))

Holonyms ("moment of a couple" is a part of...):

couple ((physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines)