All related terms of 'Forces'

If someone forces you to do something, they make you do it even though you do not want to, for example by threatening you.

to combine strengths , efforts , etc

the armed services of a nation

The armed forces or the armed services of a country are its military forces, usually the army, navy, marines, and air force.

When politicians and economists talk about market forces , they mean the economic factors that affect the availability of goods and the demand for them, without any help or control by governments .

the official name for the military forces of Canada

the forces of two or more countries, fighting together

the armed services of a country

A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .

police or soldiers responsible for maintaining security

elite , highly trained military forces, specially selected to work on difficult missions

If you join forces with someone, you work together in order to achieve a common aim or purpose.

the force of gravity

a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium

An air force is the part of a country's armed forces that is concerned with fighting in the air.

the combination , by vector algebra , of two or more forces into a single equivalent force (the resultant )

If you force back an emotion or desire , you manage , with an effort , not to experience it.

an armed force serving on land

an armed force serving on land

Life force is energy that some people believe exists in all living things and keeps them alive .

A task force is a small section of an army , navy , or air force that is sent to a particular place to deal with a military crisis .

an interaction between elementary particles that is responsible for certain decay processes, operates at distances less than about 10 –15 metres , and is 10 12 times weaker than the strong interaction. The weak interaction and electromagnetic interactions are now described by the unifying electroweak theory

an interaction between elementary particles that is responsible for certain decay processes, operates at distances less than about 10 –15 metres , and is 10 12 times weaker than the strong interaction. The weak interaction and electromagnetic interactions are now described by the unifying electroweak theory

weak electrostatic forces between atoms and molecules caused by transient distortions in the distribution of electrons in the interacting atoms or molecules

a force separating two opposing sides

a hypothetical non-Newtonian repulsive component of the force of gravity , postulated as an addition to the four known fundamental forces ( gravitational , electromagnetic , strong, and weak )

a military force that operates on the ground

The labor force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company .

The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company .

A police force is the police organization in a particular country or area.

A company's sales force is all the people that work for that company selling its products .

If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force , you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.

(on the Beaufort scale ) force 10 0 r 11

a police unit designed to target a particular type of crime

an interaction between elementary particles responsible for the forces between nucleons in the nucleus . It operates at distances less than about 10 –15 metres , and is about a hundred times more powerful than the electromagnetic interaction

the police organization in a particular country or area

a third element, group, bloc , etc. functioning as a counterbalancing , neutralizing , or moderating force or influence in a struggle between two established powers; specif., a coalition of nations for this purpose internationally

(esp in early biological theory) a hypothetical force, independent of physical and chemical forces, regarded as being the causative factor of the evolution and development of living organisms

the troops sent to Europe by the US during World War I

Physics See under Archimedes' principle Also called : buoyancy force

a measure of the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material as expressed by the external magnetic field strength necessary to demagnetize it. Measured in amperes per metre

a fictitious force used to explain a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the earth when observed from the earth. The deflection ( Coriolis effect ) is due to the earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole

the main factor that causes something to happen

a group of soldiers whose job it is to respond to emergencies : for example, to keep order, or to deliver food and medical supplies in a natural disaster

a force between two elementary particles resulting from the exchange of a virtual particle

an imaginary force supposed to act upon an accelerated body, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the resultant of the real forces

an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he or she can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer

troops that leave a ship to launch an attack on land

a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings

the force measured in the drawbar of a locomotive or tractor