force
/fɔːs/
Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour
- plural
- forces
Meanings
- 1
Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect
Don't make me use force.
Tatoeba · rul · CC BY 2.0 FR
The law is no longer in force.
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; The generalized abstraction of this concept
- 3
A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; A particular form or type of force
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A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; A particular form or type of force.; A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note
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A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; An instance of a physical force
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A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; Force understood as something of which there can be an amount
- 7
Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing
- 8
Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape
- 9
Something that exerts influence
- 10
Something that exerts influence.; Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness)rare