Newton metre is the unit of moment (torque) in the SI system. In Physics, the moment of force (often just moment, though there are other quantities of that name such as Moment of inertia) is a Pseudovector A torque (τ in Physics, also called a moment (of force is a pseudo- vector that measures the tendency of a force to rotate an object about The symbolic form is N m or N·m,[1] and sometimes hyphenated newton-metre. It is a compound unit of torque corresponding to the torque from a force of one newton applied over a distance arm of one metre. A torque (τ in Physics, also called a moment (of force is a pseudo- vector that measures the tendency of a force to rotate an object about In Physics, a force is whatever can cause an object with Mass to Accelerate. The newton (symbol N) is the SI derived unit of Force, named after Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on Classical The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International
While a newton metre is dimensionally equivalent to a joule, the SI unit of energy and work, in a newton metre, the force and the distance arm are normal to each other, while in the joule, force and distance are co-linear. The joule (written in lower case ˈdʒuːl or /ˈdʒaʊl/ (symbol J) is the SI unit of Energy measuring heat, Electricity Another fundamental difference between the two is the fact that work is a scalar quantity, expressed as dU=F•dr, whereas the moment of a force or torque is defined as a cross product and as such is a vector quantity. In Linear algebra, Real numbers are called Scalars and relate to vectors in a Vector space through the operation of Scalar multiplication In Mathematics, the cross product is a Binary operation on two vectors in a three-dimensional Euclidean space that results in another vector which