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Forcing

//ˈfɔɹ.sɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance. countable

    "orbital / astronomical forcing (effect on climate of slow changes in the tilt of Earth's axis and shape of its orbit)"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of force form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, force + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, force + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, force + -ing.

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