torquemeter
instrument
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A torquemeter is an instrument used to measure or record torque, which is a turning or twisting force. Dynamometers, devices that measure mechanical force or power transmitted by a rotating shaft, often function as torque-measuring devices. Power-measuring dynamometers can be transmission dynamometers, which use devices like torquemeters inserted into the shaft to measure the torque produced by the load, or absorption dynamometers, which create a restraint to the shaft's rotation.12
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