Force

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

   “the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract”

2. isim The generalized abstraction of this concept.

   “Torque is the rotational version of force.”

3. isim A particular form or type of force.

   “Most physicists deem there to be four fundamental forces: the weak force, the strong force, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.”

4. isim A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.

   “The Europeans tried, my goodness how they tried. But on the day the US proved too strong and too inspired. They were, dammit, just better. And when Leonard's putt dropped they clearly had the force with them as well.”

5. isim An instance of a physical force.

   “Two forces acting upon the same point on an object will cancel out only if they have equal magnitude and opposite directions.”

6. isim Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.

   “Heavier objects are those that are subject to more gravitational force.”

7. isim Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
8. isim 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. isim Something that exerts influence.

   “force of nature”

10. isim Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).

    “I believe that the main long-term force that guides a society's evolution is not the economy or the leaders, but the culture.”

11. isim Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

    “which now they hold by force, and not by right”

12. isim Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
13. isim A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).

    “air force; police force”

14. isim Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.
15. isim Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.

    “After only a week, Japanese forces had captured Singapore from the British.”

16. isim Synonym of police force.

    “Q. All the time that he was on the force? A. I cannot say that; but there were men on with me when I was on the force who were very good Republicans. Q. During all this time you have been on the police force?”

17. isim The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.

    “The law will come into force in January.”

18. isim 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.
19. isim Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.

    “When the aspectual force of the verbal categories weakens, the 'terminative', punctual or determinative value of the prefix gains in importance,...”

20. isim The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.

    “force of mortality”

21. fiil To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.

    “The second problem is the economy, the shocking state of which has forced the decision to apply to the EU.”

22. fiil To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

    “Shall wee force the general law of nature, which in all living creatures under heaven is seene to tremble at paine?”

23. fiil To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

    “It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay / That scarce the victor forced the steel away.”

24. fiil To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.

    “The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.”

25. fiil To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

    “I forgot my keys in and so we had to force (open) the door.”

26. fiil To violate (a woman); to rape.

    “For yf ye were suche fyfty as ye be / ye were not able to make resystence ageynst this deuyl / here lyeth a duchesse deede the whiche was the fayrest of alle the world wyf to syre Howel / duc of Bretayne / he hath murthred her in forcynge her / and has slytte her vnto the nauyl”

27. fiil To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

    “And I pray you for my sake to force yourselff there, that men may speke you worshyp.”

28. fiil To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
29. fiil 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.”

30. fiil To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.