(2) In the visual arts, a sculptural representation of the human trunk. Classical torsos are parts of ancient statues that have been preserved. Since the second half of the 19th century the torso has often been depicted as an independent genre, making it possible to represent the musculature of the human body more distinctly.

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No references found			One fine morning a young man whose hair was not immoderately long, but abundant and curly, and who was otherwise English in his equipment, had just turned his back on the Belvedere Torso in the Vatican and was looking out on the magnificent view of the mountains from the adjoining round vestibule. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context At the same instant the ape-man dropped from an overhanging limb full upon the lion's back and as he alighted he plunged his knife into the tawny side behind the left shoulder, tangled the fingers of his right hand in the long mane, buried his teeth in Numa's neck and wound his powerful legs about the beast's torso. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context The arms and legs were bits of wood, perforated at one end and sewn to the rat skin torso. The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			torsion element torsion fault torsion function torsion galvanometer torsion group torsion hygrometer torsion module torsion pendulum torsion subgroup torsion submodule torsion-free group torsion-string galvanometer torsional angle torsional compliance torsional hysteresis torsional mode delay line torsional modulus Torsional Oscillations torsional pendulum torsional rigidity torsional strength torsional stress torsional vibration torsional wave torsionmeter Torso torso mountain Torson, Konstantin Torson, Konstantin Petrovich Torstensson, Lennart tort Tort Liability Torta dei Fieschi Tortelier Torticollis tortoise Tortoise Shell Butterfly tortoiseshell tortoiseshell cat Tortola Tortonian Tortonian Stage TORTOS Tortosa Tortricidae Tortricoidea Tortue, Île de la Tortuga Torture torture test Torulopsidales			torsional diplopia torsional diplopia torsional hysteresis torsional mode delay line torsional modulus Torsional Oscillations Torsional pendulum torsional resistance per unit angular displacement torsional rigidity Torsional Spin Current Wave Torsional Spin Density Wave torsional strength torsional stress Torsional Stress Relay Torsional Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Torsional vibration torsional wave torsionally torsionally torsionally torsionally torsionless torsionless torsionless torsionless torsionmeter torsiversion torsk torsk torsks Torso torso mountain Torso-Limb Suit Assembly torsoclusion Torson, Konstantin Torson, Konstantin Petrovich Torsonic Polarity Syndrome torsos torsos torsos Torstai Torstar Torsten Schmidt Torsten Schmidt Torsten van der Hoeven Torstensson, Lennart TORSV tort tort tort tort tort tort Tort and easement Tort and easement Tort and easement Tort and easement Tort and easement Tort and Trial Insurance Practice Section Tort claims act Tort claims act

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