About The Word Coercive
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Coercive
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What's The Definition Of Coercive?
[adj] serving or intended to coerce; "authority is directional instead of coercive"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Coercive: powerful Related Terms | Find terms related to Coercive: See Also | Coercive In Webster's Dictionary \Co*er"cive\, a.
Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. --
{Co*er"cive*ly}, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n.
Coercive power can only influence us to outward
practice. --Bp.
Warburton.
{Coercive} 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.
The power of resisting magnetization or
demagnization is sometimes called coercive force.
--S. Thompson.
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