force
Definition 1
Law: Power, pressure, or violence, generally of an unlawful nature, directed against a person or thing to damage, harm, or remove it.
Definition 2
Mechanics: Dynamic agency or influence that pushes or pulls a body or object. If the body is at rest, a force tends to move it or, if it cannot move, to deform or break it. If the body is already moving, a force tends to change its direction of movement, or to decrease (decelerate) or increase (accelerate) its speed in the direction it is moving. Some forces (such as drag and resistance) require a contact with the body to effect a change, other forces (such as gravity and magnetism) require the body to be within their field of influence (called force field). The SI unit of force is newton which is defined as the amount of force required to accelerate a 1-kilogram body by 1 meter per second per second.
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force is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology subjects.
force appears in the definitions of the following terms:
systems thinking (ST),
private international law,
conditional premium receipt,
release of lien,
enablers,
balancing feedback,
stock exchange,
free market,
force field analysis,
red tape
and
force appears in these other terms:
constructive force,
regulatory force,
legal forces,
forced sale value,
force account work,
force majeure,
sales force,
force of attraction doctrine,
forced saving,
forced sale
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