force — n 1 *power, energy, strength, might, puissance Analogous words: *stress, strain, pressure, tension: *speed, velocity, momentum, impetus, headway 2 Force, violence, compulsion, coercion, duress, constraint, restraint denote the exercise or the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
force — 1 n 1: a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force: a force that acts after another s negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another: intervening cause at cause irresistible force: an unforeseeable event esp … Law dictionary
Constraint — Con*straint , n. [OF. constrainte, F. constrainte.] The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity. [1913 Webster] Long imprisonment and hard… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
constraint — [n1] force a must*, coercion, compulsion, driving, duress, goad, hang up*, impelling, impulsion, monkey*, motive, necessity, no no*, pressure, repression, restraint, spring, spur, suppression, violence; concepts 14,121 constraint [n2] shyness… … New thesaurus
Force — Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, n.] 1. Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Force and arms — Force Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, n.] 1. Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
constraint — I (imprisonment) noun act of keeping in, apprehension, arrest, bondage, bonds, bounds, captivity, care, charge, commitment, confinement, containment, control, custodianship, custody, detainment, detention, encincture, enclosure, enthrallment,… … Law dictionary
constraint by force — index bondage, coercion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
constraint — compulsion, coercion, duress, restraint, *force, violence Analogous words: suppression, repression (see corresponding verbs at SUPPRESS): impelling or impulsion, driving or drive (see corresponding verbs at MOVE): goad, spur, *motive, spring:… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
force and fear — (Scot) That amount of constraint or compulsion that is enough to annul an engagement or obligation entered into under its influence • • • Main Entry: ↑force … Useful english dictionary
Constraint algorithm — In mechanics, a constraint algorithm is a method for satisfying constraints for bodies that obey Newton s equations of motion. There are three basic approaches to satisfying such constraints: choosing novel unconstrained coordinates ( internal… … Wikipedia