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Coercive

Coercive Meaning & Definition
Coercive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Coercive?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Coercive: powerful

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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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