Tor"rens sys`tem (?). A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct from registration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the Real Property (or Torrens) Act (act 15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Robert Torrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by the government of properly registered titles. The system has been generally adopted in Australia and British Columbia, and in its original or a modified form in some other countries, including some States of the United States. Hence Torrens title, etc.
Tor*sade" (?), n. [F.] A twisted cord; also, a molded or worked ornament of similar form.
The crown decked with torsades of pearls.
Harper's Mag.
Tor"sion e*lec*trom"e*ter. (Elec.) A torsion balance used for measuring electric attraction or repulsion.
Torsion galvanometer. (Elec.) A galvanometer in which current is measured by torsion.
Torsion head. That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
Torsion indicator. An autographic torsion meter.
Torsion meter. (Mech.) An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and hence the horse power of an engine, esp. of a marine engine of high power, by measuring the amount of twist of a given length of the shaft. Called also torsimeter, torsiometer, torsometer.
Tot (?), n. [L.] Lit., so much; -- a term used in the English exchequer to indicate that a debt was good or collectible for the amount specified, and often written opposite the item.
Tot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totted; p. pr. & vb. n. Totting.] 1. To mark with the word "tot"; as, a totted debt. See Tot, n.
2. [Cf. Total.] To add; to count; to make up the sum of; to total; -- often with up. [Colloq., Eng.]
The last two tot up the bill.
Thackeray.
To"tal (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totaled (?) or Totalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Totaling or Totalling.] To bring to a total; to add; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloq.]
To"tal*is (?), n. [See Total, a.] The total.