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driving forces

driving forces is the plural of driving force.

Meaning of driving force

Noun

driving force (plural driving forces)

  1. Impetus; a person or thing that causes, stimulates, or motivates something to happen.
    • Many authors see a digital revolution taking place today and stress that this is a driving force behind many changes in companies.2003, Manja Ledderhos, Strategy on Multiple Channels, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    spearhead
  2. The force that causes something to move or a physical process to occur.
    • Diffusing particles experience a drift motion in addition to random diffusion, when an external driving force is applied.2007, Helmut Mehrer, Diffusion in Solids, →ISBN, page 178

Questions about driving forces

What is driving forces the plural of?
Driving forces is the plural of driving force.

Words near driving forces in the dictionary

  1. driving down
  2. driving drunk
  3. driving examiner
  4. driving examiners
  5. driving force
  6. driving forces
  7. driving glove
  8. driving gloves
  9. driving impaired
  10. driving in
  11. driving into the ground

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