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forcing

UK/ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ//ˈfɔɹ.sɪŋ/

forcing noun: the act by which someone or something is forced. Also the present participle and gerund of force.

Noun

forcing (countable and uncountable, plural forcings)

  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. (countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
    • orbital / astronomical forcing (effect on climate of slow changes in the tilt of Earth's axis and shape of its orbit)
    • […] in improving the transfer function of these proxy data and in modelling the response of the climate system to the astronomical forcing over the last 3 Ma with a particular attention paid to the phase relations between insolation,[…]1991, Frederik Johan Hilgen, Astronomical Forcing and Geochronological Application of Sedimentary Cycles in the Mediterranean Pliocene-Pleistocene, Faculteit Aardwetenschappen Der Rijksuniversiteit...

Adjective

forcing (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.

Also used as

forcing is also the present participle and gerund of force.

Examples of forcing in a sentence

  • Franz Kuhnert, 18881 2.1 WHY ASTRONOMICAL FORCING?2002 August 26, Richard A. Muller, Gordon J. MacDonald, Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes: Data, Spectral Analysis and Mechanisms, Springer...
  • The astronomic forcing of climate In the course of its 4.5 billion-year history, Earth's climate has been relatively warm for about 90% of the time.2006 March 30, Martin Beniston, Climatic Change and Its Impacts: An Overview Focusing on Switzerland, Springer Science & Business Media...

Forms of forcing

pluralforcings

Origin of forcing

By surface analysis, force + -ing.

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Phrases with forcing

Words that rhyme with forcing

Questions about forcing

What does forcing mean?
Forcing means the act by which someone or something is forced.
How do you use forcing in a sentence?
Franz Kuhnert, 18881 2.1 WHY ASTRONOMICAL FORCING?
What part of speech is forcing?
Forcing can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce forcing?
Forcing is pronounced /ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of forcing?
The plural of forcing is forcings.

Words near forcing in the dictionary

  1. forcible-feeble
  2. forcibleness
  3. forcibly
  4. Forcier
  5. Forciers
  6. forcing
  7. forcing down someone's throat
  8. forcing function
  9. forcing functions
  10. forcing house
  11. forcing houses

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