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The term torque converter is a misnomer, since any mechanism which changes the speed/torque characteristic of a given power is a ‘torque converter’. By general use, however, the term has become adopted for that particular form which completes the conversion hydrokinetically.
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Gatiss, A.L. (1971). Torque Converters and Hydraulic Couplings. In: Bell, P.C. (eds) Mechanical Power Transmission. Mechanical Engineering Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01197-1_6
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