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forceness

forceness noun: force; strength; violence.

Noun

forceness (uncountable)

  1. Force; strength; violence.
    • The metaphysical - the ephemeral non-matterness - as All- Knowing, as Ultimate Order in Ultimate Togetherness - takes itself out into greater and greater expressions of separation and tightness, or forceness, to settle as uranium at the farthest end (and who knows what else as the Universe expands)...1998, Nigel Kerner, Song of the Greys
    • When a 'thought' finds a solution, It could just as well be The nearly instant brute forceness Of all quantum-type paths being And evolving in superposition.2010, Austin P. Torney, Scientific Implications

Origin of forceness

From force + -ness, probably a corruption of forcedness.

Questions about forceness

What does forceness mean?
Forceness means force; strength; violence.
What part of speech is forceness?
Forceness is a noun.

Words near forceness in the dictionary

  1. forcelessness
  2. forcely
  3. forcemeat
  4. forcemeats
  5. forcement
  6. forceness
  7. forcené
  8. forceout
  9. forceouts
  10. forceplate
  11. forceplates

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