Forcing

What does FORCING mean?

Forcing is a form of FORCE.

1. verb

   to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

   “She forced him to take a job in the city”

2. noun

   a powerful effect or influence

   “the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them”

3. noun

   (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

   “force equals mass times acceleration”

4. noun

   physical energy or intensity

   “he hit with all the force he could muster”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.