forcing

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UK /ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/ US /ˈfɔɹ.sɪŋ/

noun 4adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

against, astronomical, last, orbital, over

VERB + FORCING

consists, effect, emerged, giving, hit, resulting

FORCING + NOUN

child, climate, families, government, seawater, way, window

PREP.

between, in, on, through, up, upon

Definitions

noun

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

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

A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).

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,[…]

adj

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

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Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

I'm against us forcing the child to go to cram school.

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The balance of payments crisis emerged, forcing the government to put a brake on the economy.

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Reverse osmosis consists in forcing seawater through a membrane that filters out the salt.

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Tom lost his keys, and spent three hours trying to pick the lock, before giving up and forcing a window.

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