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forced

[fawrst, fohrst]
adjective
1.
enforced or compulsory: forced labor.
2.
strained, unnatural, or affected: a forced smile.
3.
subjected to force.
4.
required by circumstances; emergency: a forced landing of an airplane.
Origin:
1540–50; force + -ed2

Related forms
forc·ed·ly [fawr-sid-lee, fohr-] , adverb
forc·ed·ness, noun
qua·si-forced, adjective
un·forced, adjective
un·forc·ed·ly, adverb
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forced (fɔːst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj
1.  done because of force; compulsory: forced labour
2.  false or unnatural: a forced smile
3.  due to an emergency or necessity: a forced landing
4.  physics caused by an external agency: a forced vibration; a forced draught
 
forcedly
 
—adv
 
'forcedness
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

force
c.1300, from O.Fr. force, from L.L. fortia, from neut. pl. of L. fortis "strong" (see fort). Meaning "body of armed men, army" first recorded late 14c. The verb is first attested early 14c.; its original sense was "to ravish" (a woman). Related: Forced; forcing.
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Medical Dictionary

force (fôrs)
n.

  1. The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power.

  2. A vector quantity that tends to produce an acceleration of a body in the direction of its application.

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Science Dictionary
force   (fôrs)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Any of various factors that cause a body to change its speed, direction, or shape. force is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction. Contributions of force from different sources can be summed to give the net force at any given point.

  2. Any of the four natural phenomena involving the interaction between particles of matter. From the strongest to the weakest, the four forces are the strong nuclear force, the electromagnetic force, the weak nuclear force, and gravity.


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Cultural Dictionary

force definition


In physics, something that causes a change in the motion of an object. The modern definition of force (an object's mass multiplied by its acceleration) was given by Isaac Newton in Newton's laws of motion. The most familiar unit of force is the pound. (See mechanics.)

Note: Gravity, and therefore weight, is a kind of force.
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