Who introduced the term torsion first and why

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In algebra, an element of finite order is called a torsion, and a subgroup consisting of all torsions of a group is call a torsion subgroup. And I just got curioused about the term 'torsion'; who named it and why; because that term appears a bit randomly in math - like Euler's torsion function. As a non-native English speaker myself, I don't see the relationship between the term and the concepts; if I'm not mistaken, torsion means twisting.