ETYM Latin coercio, from coercere. Related to Coerce.
See cast.
The act of compelling by force of authority.

ETYM Latin compulsio. Related to Compel.
1. An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against one's will; SYN. obsession.
2. An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid; SYN. irresistible impulse.
3. Using force to cause something; SYN. coercion.

ETYM Old Fren. constrainte, French constrainte.
1. The act of constraining.
2. The state of being constrained; SYN. restraint.

ETYM Latin dictatum. Related to Dictate.
1. A guiding principle.
2. An authoritative rule.

1. A harsh settlement unilaterally imposed (as on a defeated nation)
2. Decree, order

ETYM Cf. Old Fren. enforcement.
The act of enforcing.

Any influence that tends to change the state of rest or the uniform motion in a straight line of a body. The action of an unbalanced or resultant force results in the acceleration of a body in the direction of action of the force, or it may, if the body is unable to move freely, result in its deformation (see Hooke's law). Force is a vector quantity, possessing both magnitude and direction; its si unit is the newton.
According to Newton’s second law of motion the magnitude of a resultant force is equal to the rate of change of momentum of the body on which it acts; the force F producing an acceleration a m s-2 on a body of mass m kilograms is therefore given by: F = ma See also Newton’s laws of motion.
1. Physical energy or intensity:; SYN. forcefulness, strength.
2. The physical influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
3. A powerful effect or influence:
4. Group of people willing to obey orders; SYN. personnel.
5. A group of people having the power of effective action + prikaži više