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Influence that can change motion of an object
In physics, a force is an action that can cause an object to change its velocity or its shape, or to resist other forces, or to cause changes of pressure
Force
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up force in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In physics, force is what, when unopposed, changes the motion of an object. Force is also a dialectal
Force_(disambiguation)
Fictional energy source in Star Wars
The Force is a metaphysical, mysterious, and ubiquitous power in the Star Wars fiction franchise. Within the galaxy in which the franchise is set, characters
The_Force
1975 studio album by UFO
Force It is the fourth studio album by English rock band UFO, released in 1975. It was their first album to chart in the United States. The album was
Force_It
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up force of nature in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Force of Nature or Forces of Nature may refer to: Fundamental interaction: gravity, electromagnetism
Force_of_nature
US Army tier one special operations force
Delta Force, Combat Applications Group (CAG), or within Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) as Task Force Green, is a special operations force of the
Delta_Force
2024 studio album by LL Cool J
The FORCE (an acronym for Frequencies of Real Creative Energy) is the fourteenth studio album by American rapper and actor LL Cool J, released on September
The_FORCE
Speculative physics theory
In physics, a fifth force is a hypothetical fundamental interaction (also known as fundamental force) beyond the four known interactions in nature: gravitational
Fifth_force
Comic book series
A-Force is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in May 2015 as a part of Marvel's "Secret Wars" crossover storyline. It was created
A-Force
1986 film by Menahem Golan
The Delta Force is a 1986 American action film starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin (in his final film appearance) as leaders of an elite group of Special
The_Delta_Force
Term for accelerations felt as weight in multiples of standard gravity
The g-force or gravitational force equivalent is a mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in units of standard gravity (symbol g or g0,
G-force
Suspension of contractual obligations during extreme circumstances
Look up force majeure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In contract law, force majeure (/ˌfɔːrs məˈʒɜːr/ FORSS mə-ZHUR; French: [fɔʁs maʒœʁ]) is a common
Force_majeure
Peruvian political party
Popular Force (Spanish: Fuerza Popular, FP), formerly known as Force 2011 (Spanish: Fuerza 2011) until 2012, is a right-wing populist and Fujimorist political
Popular_Force
Trading Card Game
Force of Will (フォースオブウィル) is a trading card game. It was originally released in Japan in December 2012 by Force of Will Co., Ltd. and later released to
Force_of_Will
Iranian special external operations force (established 1988)
The Quds Force (Persian: نیروی قدس, romanized: niru-ye qods, lit. 'The Jerusalem Force') is one of five branches of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Quds_Force
Japanese manga series and its franchise
Fire Force (Japanese: 炎炎ノ消防隊, Hepburn: En'en no Shōbōtai; lit. 'Blazing Fire Brigade') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo
Fire_Force
Force acting on charged particles in electric and magnetic fields
In electromagnetism, the Lorentz force is the force exerted on a charged particle by electric and magnetic fields. It determines how charged particles
Lorentz_force
Military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare
An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's
Air_force
Former Indian Formula One racing team
02944°W / 52.07583; -1.02944 Force India Formula One Team Limited, commonly known as Force India and later Sahara Force India, was a Formula One racing
Force_India
Electrical action produced by a non-electrical source
In electromagnetism and electronics, electromotive force (emf, or EMF) or electromotance, denoted E {\displaystyle {\mathcal {E}}} , is an energy transfer
Electromotive_force
Star Wars-themed toy
The Force Trainer is a Star Wars-themed toy which creates the illusion of performing Force-powered telekinesis. The brain–computer interface toy, released
Force_Trainer
Force directed to the center of rotation
force (from Latin centrum 'center' and petere 'to seek') is the force that makes a body follow a curved path. The direction of the centripetal force is
Centripetal_force
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up life-force or life force in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Life force or lifeforce may refer to: Energy (esotericism), a term used by various
Life_force
1997 video game
Fighting Force is a beat 'em up video game developed by Core Design and published in 1997 by Eidos Interactive for PlayStation and Windows. A Nintendo
Fighting_Force
Group of fictional characters
X-Force is a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Conceived
X-Force
1973 American film
Magnum Force is a 1973 American neo-noir action-thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film
Magnum_Force
Military unit
Force, 1878 Peshawar Valley Field Force, 1878 Kabul Field Force, 1879–1880 Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, 1880 Natal Field Force, 1881 Zhob Field Force,
Field_force
Coplanar forces acting on the same body in opposite directions
Shear force can also be defined in terms of planes: "If a plane is passed through a body, a force acting along this plane is called a shear force or shearing
Shear_force
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up force field in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Force field may refer to: Force field (chemistry), a computational model that is used to describe
Force_field
Frame-dependent apparent force in Physics
A fictitious force, also known as an inertial force or pseudo-force, is a force that appears to act on an object when its motion is described or experienced
Fictitious_force
2016 Indian film by Abhinay Deo
Force 2 is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Abhinay Deo and produced by Vipul Shah. The film stars John Abraham, Tahir Raj
Force_2
In quantum physics, type of particle that gives rise to forces between other particles
In quantum field theory, a force carrier is a type of particle that gives rise to forces between other particles. They serve as the quanta of a particular
Force_carrier
Gravitational effect also known as the differential force and the perturbing force
The tidal force or tide-generating force is the difference in gravitational attraction between different points in a gravitational field. It causes different
Tidal_force
1885–1960 Congolese colonial military
The Force Publique (French: [fɔʁs pyblik]; Dutch: Openbare Weermacht, lit. 'Public Force') was the military of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo
Force_Publique
Force that acts between the protons and neutrons of atoms
The nuclear force (or nucleon–nucleon interaction, residual strong force, or, historically, strong nuclear force) is a force that acts between hadrons
Nuclear_force
Topics referred to by the same term
Expeditionary Force may refer to: Expeditionary warfare, a military force dispatched to fight in a foreign country Expeditionary Force, a science fiction
Expeditionary_Force
Topics referred to by the same term
the free dictionary. Strike Force may refer to: Strike Force (video game), a 1991 arcade game Commandos: Strike Force, a 2006 video game Dynasty Warriors:
Strike_Force
Fictional entity from Marvel Comics
The Phoenix Force is a fictional entity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, the
Phoenix_Force
UK law enforcement agency
Border Force (BF) is a British law enforcement command within the Home Office, responsible for frontline border control operations at air, sea and rail
Border_Force
Type of inertial force
In Newtonian mechanics, a centrifugal force is a kind of fictitious force (or inertial force) that appears to act on all objects when viewed in a rotating
Centrifugal_force
Practice of feeding a human or animal against their will
Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a human or animal against their will. The term gavage (UK: /ˈɡævɑːʒ, ɡæˈvɑːʒ/, US: /ɡəˈvɑːʒ/, French: [ɡavaʒ]
Force-feeding
NATO-led force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995–96)
The Implementation Force (IFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peace enforcement force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one-year mandate from 20 December
Implementation_Force
Military term
An opposing force (abbreviated OPFOR or OpFor; alternatively known as enemy force) is a military unit tasked with representing an enemy, usually for training
Opposing_force
Military branch for space warfare
A space force is a military branch of a nation's armed forces that conducts military operations in outer space and space warfare. The world's first space
Space_force
Special operations unit of Hezbollah
The al-Hajj Radwan Force (Arabic: فوج الحاج رضوان, romanized: Fawj al-Ḥajj Raḍwān, lit. 'al-Hajj Radwan Regiment', also spelled Redwan or Ridwan) is a
Radwan_Force
In the study of the physics of granular materials, a force chain consists of a set of particles within a compressed granular material that are held together
Force_chain
21st episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: The Original Series
"Patterns of Force" is the twenty-first episode of the second season of the American science-fiction television series Star Trek. Written by John Meredyth
Patterns_of_Force
1977 studio album by Scorpions
Taken by Force is the fifth studio album by German band Scorpions, released by RCA Records in 1977. It was the band's first album to feature drummer Herman
Taken_by_Force
Apparent force in a rotating reference frame
In physics, the Coriolis force is a pseudo-force that acts on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame
Coriolis_force
Open demonstration of military power intended to warn or to intimidate an opponent
A show of force is a military operation intended to warn (such as a warning shot) or to intimidate an opponent by showcasing a capability or will to act
Show_of_force
American R&B vocal group
The Force M.D.s are an American R&B vocal group that was formed in 1981 in Staten Island, New York. Although the group has old school hip hop roots, it
Force_MDs
British military unit in WWII
V Force was a reconnaissance, intelligence-gathering and guerrilla organisation established by the British against Japanese forces during the Burma Campaign
V_Force
Weight on earth of a one-kilogram mass
kilogram-force is defined as 9.80665 N. Similarly, a gram-force is 9.80665 mN, and a milligram-force is 9.80665 μN. The gram-force and kilogram-force were
Kilogram-force
2019 video game
Jump Force is a 2019 crossover fighting game developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It features characters from various
Jump_Force
Force of attraction or repulsion between molecules and neighboring particles
An intermolecular force (IMF; also secondary force) is the force that mediates interaction between molecules, including the electromagnetic forces of attraction
Intermolecular_force
1960s proposal of nuclear-armed NATO warships
The Multilateral Force (MLF) was an American proposal to produce a fleet of ballistic missile submarines and warships, each crewed by international NATO
Multilateral_Force
American NHRA drag racer (born 1949)
John Harold Force (born May 4, 1949) is an American retired NHRA drag racer. He is a 16-time NHRA and one-time AHRA Funny Car champion driver and a 24-time
John_Force
Legal terminology
In law, coming into force or entry into force (also called commencement) is the process by which legislation, regulations, treaties and other legal instruments
Entry_into_force
Political party in Romania
Force of the Right (Romanian: Forța Dreptei, FD), sometimes translated as Right's Force or Right Force, is an extra-parliamentary liberal-conservative
Force_of_the_Right
Air and space warfare force of the United Kingdom
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards
Royal_Air_Force
Japanese video game developer
Omega Force (Japanese: オメガフォース) (stylized as ω-Force) is a Japanese video game developer and a division of Koei Tecmo founded in 1996 by Akihiro Suzuki
Omega_Force
Force perpendicular to flow of surrounding fluid
a force on the object. Lift is the component of this force that is perpendicular to the oncoming flow direction. It contrasts with the drag force, which
Lift_(force)
2006–2008 Star Wars science fiction novels
The Legacy of the Force is a series of nine science fiction novels, published from 2006 to 2008, set in the Star Wars expanded universe. The series takes
Legacy_of_the_Force
1992 video game
Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention, commonly referred to as Shining Force, is a 1992 turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Climax
Shining_Force
Brand of GPUs by Nvidia
GeForce is a brand of graphics processing units (GPUs) designed by Nvidia and marketed for the performance market. As of the GeForce 50 series, there have
GeForce
UK television series
Ultimate Force is a British television action drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of Red Troop of the SAS (Special Air
Ultimate_Force
Air service branch of the U.S. military
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is a part of the United States Department of Defense
United_States_Air_Force
Military unit
Tiger Force was a long-range reconnaissance patrol unit of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division which served in the Vietnam War. Organizationally
Tiger_Force
Hypothetical vital energy or life force
Odic force (also called Od /oʊd/, Odyle, Önd, Odes, Odylic, Odyllic, or Odems) was a hypothetical vital energy or life force believed in by some in the
Odic_force
RAF protection force
RAF Force Protection Force was created in 2004 as the successor to the Tactical Survive to Operate Headquarters (Tac STO HQ). It consisted of Force Protection
RAF_Force_Protection_Force
Swedish symphonic power metal band
Twilight Force is a Swedish symphonic power metal band known for their highly fantastical lyrics and LARP-style outfits which the band performs onstage
Twilight_Force
Concept in physics
In physics, the magnetomotive force (abbreviated mmf or MMF, symbol F {\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}} ) is a quantity appearing in the equation for the
Magnetomotive_force
1996 video game
Dragon Force is a real-time strategy and role-playing video game developed by J-Force and Sega and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. It was translated
Dragon_Force
Topics referred to by the same term
Aerospace force or air and space force may refer to: Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (NEHSA) Colombian Aerospace Force (FAC) People's
Aerospace_force
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Force or force in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Force is a metaphysical power in the Star Wars fictional universe. The Force may also refer
The_Force_(disambiguation)
Indian multinational automotive company
Force Motors Ltd is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company, based in Pune. From 1958 to 2005, the company was known as Bajaj Tempo Motors
Force_Motors
1995 American film
Excessive Force II: Force on Force is a 1995 American direct-to-video action film starring Stacie Randall and Dan Gauthier. It was written by Mark Sevi
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Excessive_Force_II:_Force_on_Force
Early American breakfast cereal
Force was the first commercially successful wheat flake breakfast cereal. Prior to this, the only successful wheat-based cereal products had been Shredded
Force_(cereal)
two parts: the virtual mass effect and the Basset force. The Basset force term describes the force due to the lagging boundary layer development with
Basset_force
1979 film by Paul Aaron
A Force of One is a 1979 American martial arts action-thriller film directed by Paul Aaron and starring Chuck Norris and Jennifer O'Neill, with Ron O'Neal
A_Force_of_One
Motor vehicle
The Force Traveller is a light commercial vehicle (LCV) built on a Monocoque platform and available for passenger and cargo movement. The passenger version
Force_Traveller
Defunct Palestinian security organization
Force 17 (Arabic: القوة 17) was a commando and special operations unit of the Palestinian Fatah movement and later of the Office of the Chairman of the
Force_17
The force index (FI) is an indicator used in technical analysis to illustrate how strong the actual buying or selling pressure is. High positive values
Force_index
NATO-led international peacekeeping force
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force and military of Kosovo. KFOR is the third security responder, after the Kosovo
Kosovo_Force
Steel roller coaster at Cedar Point
Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Manufactured by Intamin, it was the
Millennium_Force
American adult animation on Netflix
Q-Force is an American adult animated comedy television series created by Gabe Liedman for Netflix. With Liedman as showrunner, joined by Sean Hayes,
Q-Force
American independent production company
Color Force is an American independent film and television production company founded in 2007 by producer and film executive Nina Jacobson after her 2006
Color_Force
Force-sensing touch technology developed by Apple Inc
surfaces. Software that uses Force Touch can distinguish between various levels of force for user interaction purposes. Force Touch was first unveiled on
Force_Touch
Unit of force
up pound-force or pound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The pound of force or pound-force (symbol: lbf, sometimes lbf,) is a unit of force used in
Pound_(force)
Australian rugby union club, based in Perth, WA
The Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby Pacific. They previously
Western_Force
Force needed to compel compliance
The use of force, in the context of law enforcement, may be defined as "the amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject
Use_of_force
2005 Spanish film
By Force (Spanish: A golpes) is a 2005 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Vicente Córdoba [es] which stars Natalia Verbeke and Daniel Guzmán alongside
By_Force
2002 video game
Baldr Force is a 2D action-shooter game and eroge visual novel with action and detailed sprite characters. The game features a world in the not-so-distant
Baldr_Force
Military term; preventive measures taken to mitigate hostile actions
Force protection (FP) is the concept of protecting military personnel, family members, civilians, facilities, equipment and operations from threats or
Force_protection
Historical concept in electromagnetism
In the history of physics, a line of force in Michael Faraday's extended sense is synonymous with James Clerk Maxwell's line of induction. According to
Line_of_force
US paramilitary force in SE Asia
The Mobile Strike Force Command, or MIKE Force, was a key component of United States Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War. They served with indigenous
MIKE_Force
2025 Swedish drama television series
The New Force (Swedish: Skiftet, lit. 'The Shift') is a Swedish drama series created by Patrik Ehrnst [sv] and Rojda Sekersöz. Set in 1958, it follows
The_New_Force
Factor that gives military assets the ability to accomplish greater feats than without it
In military science, force multiplication or a force multiplier is a factor or a combination of factors that gives personnel or weapons (or other hardware)
Force_multiplication
2004 video game
Sky Force is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game series created by the Polish video game developer Infinite Dreams Inc. The gameplay is reminiscent
Sky_Force
British Army volunteer component (1908–1921)
The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription
Territorial_Force
FORCE
FORCE
Boy/Male
Sikh
The conqueror of forces, Victorious army
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Force.Perhaps an altered form of Dutch Voorhees.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a wool or flax comber, Middle English kem(be)stere (an agent derivative of Old English cemban ‘to comb’). Although this was originally a feminine form of the masculine kembere, by the Middle English period the suffix -stre had lost its feminine force, and the term was used to refer to both sexes. Compare Baxter, Brewster, Dexter.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and German
English, French, and German : variant spelling of Martel.Catalan : metonymic occupational name for a smith, or nickname for a forceful person, from martell ‘hammer’ (Late Latin martellus).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational and topographic name for someone who lived or worked in a forest (see Forrest).English : Norman French nickname or occupational name from Old French forcetier ‘cutter’, an agent noun from forcettes ‘scissors’.English : occupational name, by metathesis, from Old French fust(r)ier ‘blockmaker’ (a derivative of fustre ‘block of wood’).German (Förster) : occupational and topographic name for someone who lived and worked in a forest (see Forst).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Forst ‘forest’.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Forceful
Girl/Female
Indian
Force to move forward, Force
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Force.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : from a medieval personal name, a pet form of Martin or Marta.English and French : metonymic occupational name for a smith or a nickname for a forceful person, from Old French martel ‘hammer’ (Late Latin martellus). Charles Martel, the grandfather of Charlemagne, gained his byname from the force with which he struck down his enemies in battle.Spanish and Portuguese : from Portuguese martelo, Old Spanish martel ‘hammer’ (Late Latin martellus), or an Iberianized form of the Italian cognate Martello.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a summoner, an official who was responsible for ensuring the appearance of witnesses in court, Middle English sumner, sumnor.William Sumner came to Dorchester, MA, from England in about 1635. His descendants include U.S. Senator Charles Sumner, a major force in the struggle to end slavery, who was born in 1811 in Boston.
Boy/Male
Indian
God of force
Boy/Male
Sikh
The conqueror of forces, Victorious army
Boy/Male
Muslim
Strength, Force, Occupation
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sumpter.Fort Sumter, SC, was named in honor of Thomas Sumter, known as the ‘Gamecock of the Revolution’ for the fear he inspired in the British and Tory forces and the pivotal role he played in key American victories. Born in 1734 near Charlottesville, VA, he was of Welsh heritage; his ancestors probably emigrated to America in the late 17th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hain 1–3.Isaac Hayne (1745–81) was an American revolutionary militia officer, executed by the British for breaking parole. He owned an ironworks and was manufacturing ammunition for the American forces when he was caught. His grandfather had emigrated from England to SC in about 1700.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Soul, Life force
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : name of a clan associated with Caithness, derived from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr (or the feminine form Gunne), a short form of any of various compound names with the first element gunn ‘battle’.Scottish : sometimes an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Dhuinn ‘son of the servant of the brown one’ (see Dunn). (According to Woulfe a name of the same form also existed in Sligo, Ireland.)English : metonymic occupational name for someone who operated a siege engine or cannon, perhaps also a nickname for a forceful person, from Middle English gunne, gonne ‘ballista’, ‘cannon’, ‘gun’. The term originated as a humorous application of the Scandinavian female personal name Gunne or Gunnhildr.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fosse. There has been some confusion with northwestern English force in the sense of ‘waterfall’, it is possible that the surname may also have arisen as a topographic name for someone living by a waterfall.French : topographic name for someone who lived by a fortress or stronghold, Old French force, Late Latin fortia, a derivative of fortis ‘strong’ (see Fort). There are several places named with this word (for example in Aude, and baronial lands in the Dordogne), and it may also be a habitational name from any of these.
Surname or Lastname
German, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German hamer, Yiddish hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or nickname for a forceful person.English and German : topographic name for someone who lived in an area of flat, low-lying alluvial land beside a stream, Old English hamm, Old High German ham (see Hamm) + the English and German agent suffix -er.Norwegian : variant of Hamar.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Force to move forward, Force
FORCE
FORCE
Boy/Male
Indian
Zar - gold, Mast - excitement
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Wadsworth near Halifax, West Yorkshire, named with the Old English personal name Wæddi + worð ‘enclosure’.William Wadsworth came from England to Cambridge, MA, in 1632, and in 1636 accompanied Thomas Hooker as one of the founders of Hartford, CT.
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Beautiful Lady
Boy/Male
Tamil
Another name of Lord Ganesh
Boy/Male
Tamil
Success
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Slave of the First One
Boy/Male
British, English, French
Supplanter
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Remembering God Ceaselessly
Girl/Female
Muslim
Arabian Jasmine
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, German, Swedish
He will Increase
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n.
To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
n.
To provide with forces; to reenforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
n.
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.
a.
Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.
v. i.
To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
n.
To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.
n.
One who, or that which, forces or drives.
n.
To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.
n.
To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.
imp. & p. p.
of Force
n.
Forces; army.
n.
Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force.
n.
Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.
v. i.
To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.
a.
Having little or no force; feeble.
a.
Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh.
n.
To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
v. i.
To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
n.
The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.
n.
The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.