A Torque is a twisting force, or turning moment, it is a vector quantity with both magnitude and direction e.g Turning the handle of a cork-screw clockwise and then counterclockwise will advance the screw first inward and then outward By convention, counterclockwise torques are positive and clockwise torques are negative.
The direction is perpendicular to both the radius from the axis and to the force. It is conventional to choose it in the right hand rule direction along the axis of rotation.
Counterclockwise is the positive rotation direction and clockwise is the negative direction.
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