twisted

Twisted is the past participle of twist and is commonly used as an adjective in English. It describes something that has been bent or distorted away from its original form, such as a twisted metal rod or a twisted vine. Metaphorically, it can refer to plans, motives, or events that are warped, deceptive, or morally unusual.

In science and engineering, twisted describes configurations produced by twisting. Examples include twisted pair cables, where two conductors are twisted to reduce interference; in mathematics the concept of twisted bundles and twisted products describes fiber bundles with a nontrivial twisting of their fibers; in physics, twisted boundary conditions or twisted field theories refer to modifications that introduce a discrete twist into equations.

In computing, Twisted is a Python-based event-driven networking engine for asynchronous network programming. It provides an architecture built around reactors and protocols and is used to implement network servers and clients that manage many connections concurrently.

In culture and media, Twisted is a common title for various works, including films, a television series, and novels. Because of its evocative meaning, the word is frequently used as a title across different genres and languages, and many separate works share the name without relation to one another.