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ELI5: What is Torque, and why do high torque engines not have super high rotation speed?

I asked my physics teacher this and she didn't really give me a proper answer. I want to know why engines with high torque do not spin super fast. Because, if you apply a bigger force to something, shouldn't it also move faster?

Sorry if my understanding of engines is wrong, but I guess it also applies to a simple pivot with a beam attached to it. If you apply a bigger moment of force to the beam (which according to my book, moments of force can be called torque) shouldn't it rotate around the pivot faster?

How can you apply more force but not increase the rotation speed?
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Torque is not related to rotation speed. Torque is defined as the force you are using to turn something multiplied by the distance the force is from the center of rotation. For example, if you pull on a 2 foot long lever with 50 pounds of force, you will create the same amount of torque no matter how long it takes you to turn it.