The equation for is

force = mass x acceleration or f = ma

The standard unit for mass is kg.

The standard unit for acceleration is m/s2.

The standard unit for force is newton (N). A newton is a derived standard unit. This means that the SI unit of newton is composed of two or more standard units. 1N = 1 kg x 1m/s2.

Let’s look at the steps for solving a force problem.

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definition of force

force

n 1: a unit that is part of some military service; “he sent

Caesar a force of six thousand men” [syn: military unit,

military force, military group]

2: one possessing or exercising power or influence or

authority; “the mysterious presence of an evil power”;

“may the force be with you”; “the forces of evil” [syn: power]

3: (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical

quantity; “force equals mass times acceleration”

4: group of people willing to obey orders; “a public force is

necessary to give security to the rights of citizens”

[syn: personnel]

5: a powerful effect or influence; “the force of his eloquence

easily persuaded them”

6: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists);

“he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot

do by force and violence in the short one” [syn: violence]

7: physical energy or intensity; “he hit with all the force he

could muster”; “it was destroyed by the strength of the

gale”; “a government has not the vitality and forcefulness

of a living man” [syn: forcefulness, strength]

8: a group of people having the power of effective action; “he

joined forces with a band of adventurers”

9: (of a law) having legal validity; “the law is still in

effect” [syn: effect]

v 1: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical,

moral or intellectual means :”She forced him to take a

job in the city”; “He squeezed her for information”

[syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure]

2: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

[syn: impel]

3: move with force, “He pushed the table into a corner” [syn: push]

[ant: pull]

4: impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;

“She forced her diet fads on him” [syn: thrust]

5: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; “I squeezed myself

into the corner” [syn: wedge, squeeze]

6: force into or from an action or state, either physically or

metaphorically; “She rammed her mind into focus”; “He

drives me mad” [syn: drive, ram]

7: do forcibly; exert force; “Don’t force it!”

8: cause to move along the ground by pulling; “draw a wagon”;

“pull a sled” [syn: pull, draw] [ant: push]

9: take by force; “Storm the fort” [syn: storm]

As defined in: WordNet (r) 2.0

Force \Force\, v. t. [See Farce to stuff.]

To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.]

Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.

–Shak.

As defined in: Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Force \Force\, v. t. [See Farce to stuff.]

To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.]

[1913 Webster]

Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.

–Shak.

[1913 Webster]

As defined in: English Monolingual Dictionaries

538 Moby Thesaurus words for “force”:

Niagara, abuse, actuate, acuteness, administer, adventuresomeness,

adventurousness, affective meaning, aggression, aggressiveness,

ambitiousness, amount, amperage, amplitude, animality, animate,

apply, arm, armed forces, armipotence, army, ascendancy, assault,

atrocity, authoritativeness, authority, backlash, backset,

backwash, barbarity, bear, bear upon, bearing, beef, bestow,

betray, big battalions, bind, binding, bite, bitingness,

black power, bloodlust, boost, break, brutality, brute force, buck,

bulk, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, butt, butt against,

carat, cascade, cataract, cause, cause to, centigram, charge,

charisma, charm, chute, clout, coerce, coercion, cogence, cogency,

coloring, command, compel, compulsion, concuss, connotation,

consequence, constrain, constraint, control, crack, cram, cram in,

credit, crew, crowd, crowd in, cultivate, culture, current, cut,

cuttingness, debauch, decagram, deceive, decigram, decisiveness,

defile, deflorate, deflower, delve, demand, demonic energy,

denotation, despoil, destructiveness, dig, dint, dominance,

domination, dose, dose with, drag, dragoon, dram, dram avoirdupois,

dress, drift, drive, drive in, duress, dynamism, dyne, effect,

effective, effectiveness, effectuality, efficacy, effort, elbow,

eminence, employees, enchantment, endurance, energize, energy,

enforce, enforce upon, enjoin, enterprise, enterprisingness, ergal,

essence, esteem, exact, extension, extent, extort, extract,

extremity, fall, fallow, falls, favor, ferociousness, fertilize,

fierceness, flower power, force in, force majeure, force upon,

forcefulness, fortitude, foster, full blast, full force,

furiousness, galvanize, gang, get-up-and-get, get-up-and-go, getup,

gist, give, go, go-ahead, go-getting, go-to-itiveness, goad,

good feeling, grain, gram, grammatical meaning, gumption, guts,

gutsiness, hardiness, harrow, harshness, have, headway, heartiness,

help, hired help, hoe, hold, hundredweight, hurtle, hustle, idea,

impact, impel, impetuosity, impetus, implication, import,

importance, impose, impress, impression, impressiveness, imprint,

in effect, in force, in operation, incidental power, incisiveness,

inclemency, influence, influentiality, inhumanity, initiative,

insinuation, intension, intensity, intestinal fortitude,

intimidate, jab, jam, jam in, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, justness,

kilo, kilogram, kinetic energy, knock in, lay on, lead astray,

leadership, leverage, lexical meaning, linn, list, literal meaning,

lustihood, lustiness, magnetism, magnitude, main force,

main strength, make, malignity, mana, mark, mass, mastery, matter,

meaning, measure, measurement, megaton, men, mercilessness,

mete out to, might, might and main, mightiness, military,

milligram, mindlessness, mislead, mole, moment, momentum, mordancy,

motivate, move, move to action, moxie, mulch, murderousness,

muscle, muscle power, naked force, nappe, nervosity, nervousness,

nudge, numbers, oblige, obstinacy, occasion, operative, order,

ounce, ounce avoirdupois, ounce troy, outrage, overtone, pack in,

pains, pennyweight, persistence, personality, personnel,

persuasion, pertinence, physical force, pile drive, pith,

pitilessness, pizzazz, plow, plunge in, poignancy, point, poke,

poke in, poop, potence, potency, potential energy, potentiality,

pound, pound avoirdupois, pound in, pound troy, poundal, power,

power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness,

practical consequence, predominance, preponderance, prepotency,

prescribe for, press, press in, pressure, prestige, print, prise,

prize, prod, productiveness, productivity, promote, propel, prune,

pry, puissance, pull, punch, purchase, purport, push, push in,

pushfulness, pushiness, pushingness, put on, put upon, quantity,

quantum, rake, ram, ram down, ram in, range of meaning, rape,

rattle, ravage, ravish, reaction, real meaning, recoil, reference,

referent, reflex, reign, relation, relevance, repercussion, repute,

require, response, restrain, retinue, rigor, robustness, roughness,

ruggedness, ruin, rule, rule of might, run, run against, run in,

sandbag, sault, savagery, say, scope, scruple, seduce,

semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, servantry, set in motion,

severity, shake, sharpness, shotgun, shoulder, shove, significance,

signification, significatum, signifie, sinew, sinewiness, slug,

soil, soldiers, solidity, soundness, spade, span of meaning, spark,

speed, spirit, spoil, spout, spunk, squeeze in, staff,

stalwartness, stamina, staying power, steam, steamroller,

sticking power, stimulate, stone, stoutness, strain, strength,

strength of will, strenuousness, stress, strong arm,

strong language, structural meaning, stuff in, sturdiness, suasion,

substance, substantiality, subtle influence, suggestion, sully,

sum, sum and substance, superiority, superpower, supremacy, sway,

symbolic meaning, tamp, tamp in, tenor, tension, terrorism,

the help, thin, thin out, thrust, thrust in, tie, till,

till the soil, ton, totality of associations, toughness,

transferred meaning, trenchancy, troops, trouble, tyranny,

ultima ratio, unadorned meaning, undertone, units of weight,

up-and-comingness, upper hand, use force upon, valid, validity,

value, vandalism, vehemence, velocity, venom, venturesomeness,

venturousness, viciousness, vigor, vigorousness, vim, violate,

violence, virility, virtue, virulence, visit, vitality, waterfall,

watershoot, wattage, wedge in, weed, weed out, weight, whip hand,

whole, work, wreak, wreck, wrench, wrest, wring

As defined in: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Force

A dBASE dialect for MS-DOS.

As defined in: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

FORCE. A power put in motion. It is: 1. Actual; or 2. Implied.

2.-1. If a person with force break a door or gate for an illegal

purpose, it is lawful to oppose force to force; and if one enter the close

of another, vi et armis, he may be expelled immediately, without a previous

request; for there is no time to make a request. 2 Salk. 641; 8 T. R. 78,

357. And see tit. Battery, Sec. 2. When it is necessary to rely upon actual

force in pleading, as in the case of a forcible entry, the words “manu

forti,” or with a strong hand should be adopted. 8 T. R. 357 358. But in

other cases, the words “vi et armis,” or “with force and arms,” is

sufficient. Id.

3.-2. The entry into the ground of another, without his consent, is

breaking his close, for force is implied in every trespass quare clausum

fregit. 1 Salk. 641; Co. Litt. 257, b; 161, b; 162, a; 1 Saund: 81, 140, n.

4 8 T: R. 78, 358; Bac. Ab. Trespass; this Dict. tit. Close. In the case of

false imprisonment, force is implied. 1 N. R. 255. And the same rule

prevails where a wife, a daughter or servant, have been enticed away or

debauched, though in fact they consented, the law considering them incapable

of consenting. See 3 Wils. 18; Fitz. N. B. 89, 0; 5 T. R. 361; 6 East, 387;

2 N. R. 365, 454.

4. In general, a mere nonfeasance cannot be considered as forcible; for

where there has been no act, there cannot be force, as in the case of the

mere detention of goods without an unlawful taking. 2 Saund. 47, k 1. In

general, by force is understood unlawful violence. Co. Litt. 161, b.; Bouv.

Inst. Index, h.t. Vide Arms.

As defined in: Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

FORCE, n.

“Force is but might,” the teacher said —

“That definition’s just.”

The boy said naught but through instead,

Remembering his pounded head:

“Force is not might but must!”

As defined in: THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)