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forcing

  • noun
  • /ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/

The act by which someone or something is forced.

Other meanings

  1. The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed

  2. An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail

Related words

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

Example sentences

  • “Enjoy your holiday and stop forcing it on everyone else.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “forcing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.