Definitions for forcing
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1. forcing(Noun)

   The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.

2. forcing(Noun)

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

3. forcing(Noun)

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

4. forcing(Noun)

   A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory

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1. Forcing

   of Force

2. Forcing(noun)

   the accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition

3. Forcing(noun)

   the art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat

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1. Forcing

   In the mathematical discipline of set theory, forcing is a technique invented by Paul Cohen for proving consistency and independence results. It was first used, in 1963, to prove the independence of the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory. Forcing was considerably reworked and simplified in the 1960s, and has proven to be an extremely powerful technique both within set theory and in areas of mathematical logic such as recursion theory. Descriptive set theory uses both the notion of forcing from recursion theory as well as set theoretic forcing. Forcing has also been used in model theory but it is common in model theory to define genericity directly without mention of forcing.

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1. forcing

   The operation of making a bullet take the grooves of a rifle. This was formerly effected in various ways, by flattening the bullet in its seat with the ramrod, by using a patch, etc. (See Projectiles, Bullets.) The term is not much used at the present day.

How to pronounce forcing?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of forcing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of forcing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of forcing in a Sentence

1. Dean Gordon Brown:

   Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems; engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change... Engineers operate at the interface between science and society...

2. British Transport Police:

   As with a labor strike, economic disruption is key in forcing the government to come to the table and negotiate our demands.

3. Lolo Walker:

   Trump has said he wants to raise the price of drugs abroad to put' America first,' forcing our NHS to pay more for the medicines we depend on.

4. Kip Kelly:

   They are already having a dramatic impact on companies, forcing changes that I think are long overdue, when millennials first started coming into the workforce companies knew that they were different but they didn't have to adapt.

5. Marco Rubio:

   It's bad for our economy, it's a health care law that is basically forcing companies to lay people off, cut people's hours, move people to part-time. It's not just a bad health care law, it's a job-killing law, and I will repeal it as president and we will replace it with something substantially better for all Americans.

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