wikipedia|Force (disambiguation)
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English
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Etymology
From OF. #French|force.

(In names of waterfalls in north England it comes from ON. fors or foss, "waterfall".)

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/f��s/
(General American|US) IPA|/f�ɹs/
audio|en-us-force.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)s

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.

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1. context|uncountable|physics A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass � distance/time² (ML/T²).

#*Units:
#::SI: newton (N)
#::CGS: dyne (dyn)

1. countable A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

#:police force

1. uncountable The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

#:show of force

1. countable A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
2. (the force) A fictional semi-sentient phenomenon that certain individuals can call upon for assistance in the w:Star Wars|Star Wars stories. See also Force.

#* May the force be with you.

1. context|law Legal validity.

#* The law will come into force in January.

1. context|law Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

Derived terms
brute force
centripetal force
centrifugal force
Coulomb force
Coriolis force
come into force
force field
fundamental force

Translations
trans-top|anything that is able to make a big changes in person or thing
Chinese: 武� (w� lì)
Danish: t-|da|kraft|c
Dutch: t+|nl|kracht|f
Finnish: t+|fi|valta, t+|fi|voima, t+|fi|väkivalta
French: t+|fr|force|f
German: t+|de|Gewalt|f
Hebrew: t-|he|��|m|sc=Hebr
Ido: violento, koakto
Italian: t+|it|forza|f
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|� (chikara)
Malayalam: ബല� (balam), ശ��തി (Sakthi)
Portuguese: t-|pt|força|f
Romanian: t+|ro|forţ�|f
Russian: �ила (síla) f, мо�� (moš') f arc., д��� (dur') f coll.
Slovak: t-|sk|sila|f
Slovene: t+|sl|sila|f
Spanish: t+|es|fuerza|f
Turkish: t-|tr|zorlamak
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trans-top|physical quantity that denotes ability to accelerate a body
Czech: t+|cs|síla
Danish: t-|da|kraft|c
Dutch: t+|nl|kracht|f
Finnish: t+|fi|voima
French: t+|fr|force|f
German: t+|de|Kraft|f
Hebrew: t-|he|��|m|sc=Hebr
Ido: forco, vigoro
Italian: t+|it|forza|f
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|� (chikara)
Polish: t-|pl|si�a
Romanian: t+|ro|forţ�|f
Russian: t+|ru|�ила|f|trsíla|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|sila|f
Slovene: t+|sl|sila|f
Spanish: t+|es|fuerza|f
Swedish: t+|sv|kraft
Turkish: t-|tr|zorlamak
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trans-top|group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
Danish: styrke c
Dutch: t+|nl|macht|f, t|nl|troep|f
German: Kräfte fp
Hebrew: t-|he|��|m|sc=Hebr
Ido: trupi
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|forza|f
Russian: t+|ru|о���д|f|trotrʹád|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|sila|f
Swedish: t+|sv|styrka
Turkish: t-|tr|zorlamak
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trans-top|ability to attack, control, or constrain
Danish: magt c
Dutch: t+|nl|macht|f
Finnish: t+|fi|valta, t+|fi|voima
German: t+|de|Kraft|f
trans-mid
Ido: mov-energio
Russian: t+|ru|�ила|f|trsíla|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|sila|f
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trans-top|magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand
Dutch: t-|nl|truc|m
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trans-top|fictional phenomenon that certain individuals can upon for assistance in the Star Wars stories
Czech: t+|cs|síla|f
Danish: kraften
Dutch: t+|nl|kracht|f
Hebrew: t-|he|��|m|sc=Hebr
trans-mid
Russian: t-|ru|Сила|f|trsíla|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|sila|f
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trans-top|law: legal validity
Dutch: t+|nl|kracht|f
trans-mid
Russian: t-|ru|вла���|f|trvlastʹ|scCyrl
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trans-top|law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
Dutch: t+|nl|geweld|n, t+|nl|macht|f
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|�ила|f|trsíla|scCyrl, t-|ru|на�илие|n|trnasílie|scCyrl
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ttbc|Galician: forza#Galician|forza f
ttbc|Indonesian: gaya (1)
ttbc|Interlingua: fortia
ttbc|Polish: przemoc f (1), si�a f (1-4)
ttbc|Urdu: zor f
ttbc|Volapük: näm
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Verb
en-verb|forc|ing

1. transitive To exert violence, compulsion, or constraint upon or against a person or thing.
2. transitive To cause to occur, overcoming inertia or resistance.

#* force a decision

1. context|transitive|baseball To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.

#* Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.

Translations
trans-top|exert violence upon
Danish: t-|da|tvinge
Dutch: t+|nl|dwingen tot, t|nl|overweldigen
Finnish: t-|fi|pakottaa
German: t-|de|zwingen
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|forzare
Norwegian: t-|no|tvinge
Portuguese: t-|pt|forçar
Spanish: t-|es|obligar
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trans-top|cause to occur, overcoming resistance
Danish: fremtvinge
Dutch: t|nl|afdwingen, t|nl|forceren
Finnish: t-|fi|pakottaa
French: t+|fr|forcer
trans-mid
German: t-|de|erzwingen
Italian: t+|it|forzare
Portuguese: t-|pt|forçar
Spanish: t-|es|forzar
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trans-top|baseball To create an out by touching a base
Dutch: t+|nl|branden
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trans-top|Translations to be checked
ttbc|Galician: forzar#Galician|forzar
ttbc|Interlingua: fortiare
ttbc|Polish: używa� si�y
ttbc|Romanian: forţa
ttbc|Spanish: t-|es|forzar
ttbc|Volapük: nämön
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Derived terms
enforce
forceful
forcible

See also
Imperial: foot pound
Metric: newton

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Category:English control verbs
Category:Mechanics
Category:Physics
Category:Positive words

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/f��s/, SAMPA|/fORs/
rhymes|fr|��s

Etymology
From LL. fortia.

Noun
fr-noun|f

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