What is moment of a force?

Question

I know that it is the tuning effect of force and I know how to calculate it but I need more info. Any takers?

Answer 1

The Moment of a force is a measure of its tendency to cause a body to rotate about a specific point or axis.

It is equal to the force times the distance between the force and the axis. Since it is equal to force times distance, it is measured in units of "force-distance," such as "foot-pounds" (sometimes called "pound-feet"), and is referred to as "torque."

Technically it is not simply the amount of the force times the distance to the axis. It's the amount of the force that is acting perpendicular to a line that points to the axis. So if the force is not directed perpendicular (at a 90 degree angle) to such a line, then the force must be multiplied by the sin of the angle, and then by the distance to the axis.