torsión

  • 131torsion — n. [L. torquere, to twist] 1. Spiral bending; twisting. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) The theory in ancestral gastropods that a 180 degree counterclockwise twisting occurred that caused the crossing of the pleural visceral connectives in the nervous… …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 132torsion — Synonyms and related words: ambages, anamorphism, anamorphosis, anfractuosity, asymmetry, buckle, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, contortion, convolution, crinkle, crinkling, crookedness, deflection …

    Moby Thesaurus