English Explanatory Dictionary

forcing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act by which someone or something is forced.
  2. The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
  3. An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
  4. A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
  5. The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of force
adj
  1. Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/ /ˈfɔɹ.sɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-forcing.wav

Word forms

forcing forcings

Etymology

By surface analysis, force + -ing.

Derived words

approach-forcing forcing function forcing house full-line forcing preforcing radiative forcing ramified forcing third-line forcing unramified forcing forcingly nonforcing
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