Tork
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People with the surname Tork
- Dave TorkDave TorkDavid Tork is retired male pole vaulter from the United States. He set his personal best in the event on 27 June 1964 at a meet in Brunswick.- References :*...
(born 1934), American pole vaulter - Hanan TorkHanan TorkHanan Tork is an Egyptian actress and former ballerina. She was born as: Hanan Hassan Mohamed Abd El Karim , and is sometimes credited as Hanane Turk and Hanan Turk. She is a sister to two brothers: Hussein and Hossam...
(born 1975), Egyptian actress and ballerina - Peter TorkPeter TorkPeter Tork is an American musician and actor, best known as a member of The Monkees.-Early life:Tork was born Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington, D.C.. Although he was born in 1942, many news articles report him as born in 1944 in New York City as this was the date and place given on early...
(born 1942), American musician and actor, best known as a member of The Monkees - Wendy Tork, character in Dale Brown novels
Other uses
- Tork, Iran, a city in East Azerbaijan Province
- Tork AngeghTork AngeghTork Angegh was an ancient Armenian masculine deity of strength, courage, of manufacturing and the arts, also called Torq and Durq/Turq. He was considered one of Hayk's great-grandsons and reportedly represented as an unattractive male figure...
, ancient Armenian masculine deity, also called Torq and Durq/Turq - Tork: Prehistoric PunkTork: Prehistoric PunkTork: Prehistoric Punk is a platform video game released on January 11, 2005 for the Xbox video game console. It was developed by Tiwak SAS and published by Ubisoft Entertainment. The game was never released outside the United States....
, a 2005 platform video game for the Xbox - Torkils (also Torks, Cyrillic: торки), Turkic tribe of the Middle Ages
- Tork, a fictional character from the story "Wraith of Noir"
- Tork, brand of Svenska Cellulosa AktiebolagetSvenska Cellulosa AktiebolagetSvenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget is a Swedish consumer goods company and pulp and paper manufacturer with headquarters in Stockholm. It has approximately 45,000 employees and a turnover of approximately SEK 107 billion...
SCA for away-from-home tissue products - Tork, one of the 25 unlockable characters in MaxisMaxisMaxis is an American company founded as an independent video game developer in 1987. It is currently a subsidiary of Electronic Arts . Maxis is the creator of one of the best-selling computer games of all time, The Sims and its first sequel, The Sims 2...
's Action RPG DarksporeDarksporeDarkspore is a video game in the original Darkspore universe that borrows the award-winning creature editor technology from the 2008 video game Spore...
See also
- Torc (disambiguation)Torc (disambiguation)Torc or TORC has several meanings:*Torc, personal adornment made from twisted metal*Torque, physical quantity*Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, a town*Traxxas TORC Series, an American off-road racing series...
- Torque (disambiguation)Torque (disambiguation)In physics, a torque is a vector that measures the tendency of a force to rotate an object about some axis.Torque can also refer to:*Torque , a 2004 film...
- TorcTorcA torc, also spelled torq or torque, is a large, usually rigid, neck ring typically made from strands of metal twisted together. The great majority are open-ended at the front, although many seem designed for near-permanent wear and would have been difficult to remove. Smaller torcs worn around...
, rigid piece of personal adornment made from twisted metal - TorqueTorqueTorque, moment or moment of force , is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis, fulcrum, or pivot. Just as a force is a push or a pull, a torque can be thought of as a twist....
, tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis