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Webster 1913 Edition
Forcing
For′cing
,Noun.
1.
The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.
2.
(Gardening)
The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat.
Forcing bed
or Forcing pit
a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed.
– Forcing engine
, a fire engine.
– Forcing fit
(Mech.)
, a tight fit, as of one part into a hole in another part, which makes it necessary to use considerable force in putting the two parts together.
– Forcing house
, a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees, etc.
– Forcing machine
, a powerful press for putting together or separating two parts that are fitted tightly one into another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from the axle.
– Forcing pump
. See
Force pump
(b)
.Webster 1828 Edition
Forcing
FORCING
, ppr.1.
Compelling; impelling; driving; storming; ravishing.2.
Causing to ripen before the natural season, as fruit; or causing to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree.3.
Fining wine by a speedy process.FORCING
, n.1.
In gardening, the art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits, at an earlier season than the natural one, by artificial heat.2.
The operation of fining wines by a speedy process.Definition 2024
forcing
forcing
English
Noun
forcing (countable and uncountable, plural forcings)
- (horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
- (photography) An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
- (set theory) A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
- (climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
Derived terms
Translations
horticulture: the art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal
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photography: an extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
set theory: a technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms
climatology: the net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance
Verb
forcing
- present participle of force