Coercive

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coercive \Co*er"cive\, a.
     Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. --
     {Co*er"cive*ly}, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n.
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           Coercive power can only influence us to outward


           practice.                                --Bp.
                                                    Warburton.
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     {Coercive force} or {Coercitive force} (Magnetism), the power
        or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or
        difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also
        interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its
        natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly
        depends on the molecular constitution of the metal.
        --Nichol.
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              The power of resisting magnetization or
              demagnization is sometimes called coercive force.
                                                    --S. Thompson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coercive
       adj : serving or intended to coerce; "authority is directional
             instead of coercive"