What is the term that comes from the Latin meaning to twist and refers to the act or result of twisting?

The correct answer to the following question will be "Torsion".

Explanation:

The twisting action or the twisting state, particularly of one end of such an entity comparative to the next. The structure of the distorted entity could also be called torsion, such as the torsion of tree branches that tends to make building a treehouse troublesome.

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