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

force \force\, n. f. force, ll. forcia, fortia, fr. l. fortis
   strong. see fort, n.
   1. capacity of exercising an influence or producing an
      effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power;
      vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or
      energy; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or
      impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special
      signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a
      contract, or a term.
      1913 webster

            he was, in the full force of the words, a good man.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power;
      violence; coercion; as, by force of arms; to take by
      force.
      1913 webster

            which now they hold by force, and not by right.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval
      combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; --
      an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the
      plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other
      ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation; the armed
      forces.
      1913 webster

            is lucius general of the forces?      --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. law
      a strength or power exercised without law, or contrary
          to law, upon persons or things; violence.
      b validity; efficacy. --burrill.
          1913 webster

   5. physics any action between two bodies which changes, or
      tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or
      motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to
      change, any physical relation between them, whether
      mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of
      any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force;
      centrifugal force.
      1913 webster

   animal force physiol., muscular force or energy.

   catabiotic force gr. ? down intens. + ? life. biol.,
      the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining
      cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with
      the primary structures.

   centrifugal force, centripetal force, coercive force,
      etc. see under centrifugal, centripetal, etc.

   composition of forces, correlation of forces, etc. see
      under composition, correlation, etc.

   force and arms trans. of l. vi et armis law, an
      expression in old indictments, signifying violence.

   in force, or of force, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of
      full virtue; not suspended or reversed. "a testament is of
      force after men are dead." --heb. ix. 17.

   metabolic force physiol., the influence which causes and
      controls the metabolism of the body.

   no force, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account;
      hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed.
      obs. --chaucer.

   of force, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. "good
      reasons must, of force, give place to better." --shak.

   plastic force physiol., the force which presumably acts
      in the growth and repair of the tissues.

   vital force physiol., that force or power which is
      inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the
      cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished
      from the physical forces generally known.

   syn: strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence;
        violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion.

   usage: force, strength. strength looks rather to power as
          an inward capability or energy. thus we speak of the
          strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength,
          strength of emotion, etc. force, on the other hand,
          looks more to the outward; as, the force of
          gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit,
          etc. we do, indeed, speak of strength of will and
          force of will; but even here the former may lean
          toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the
          latter toward the outward expression of it in action.
          but, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus
          closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a
          marked distinction in our use of force and strength.
          "force is the name given, in mechanical science, to
          whatever produces, or can produce, motion." --nichol.
          1913 webster

                thy tears are of no force to mollify
                this flinty man.                  --heywood.
          1913 webster

                more huge in strength than wise in works he was.
                                                  --spenser.
          1913 webster

                adam and first matron eve
                had ended now their orisons, and found
                strength added from above, new hope to spring
                out of despair.                   --milton.
          1913 webster
see also:
fort animal force catabiotic force centrifugal force centripetal force coercive force 
centrifugal centripetal composition of forces correlation of forces composition 
correlation force and arms in force of force metabolic force 
no force plastic force vital force force strength 

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

composition \com`posi"tion\, n. f. composition, fr. l.
   compositio. see composite.
   1. the act or art of composing, or forming a whole or
      integral, by placing together and uniting different
      things, parts, or ingredients. in specific uses:
      a the invention or combination of the parts of any
          literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as,
          the composition of a poem or a piece of music. "the
          constant habit of elaborate composition." --macaulay.
      b fine arts the art or practice of so combining the
          different parts of a work of art as to produce a
          harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as
          such. see 4, below.
      c the act of writing for practice in a language, as
          english, latin, german, etc.
      d print. the setting up of type and arranging it for
          printing.
          1913 webster

   2. the state of being put together or composed; conjunction;
      combination; adjustment.
      1913 webster

            view them in composition with other things. --i.
                                                  watts.
      1913 webster

            the elementary composition of bodies. --whewell.
      1913 webster

   3. a mass or body formed by combining two or more substances;
      as, a chemical composition.
      1913 webster

            a composition that looks . . . like marble.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   4. a literary, musical, or artistic production, especially
      one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used
      of an elementary essay or translation done as an
      educational exercise.
      1913 webster

   5. consistency; accord; congruity. obs.
      1913 webster

            there is no composition in these news
            that gives them credit.               --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement
      of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or
      conditions of settlement; agreement.
      1913 webster

            thus we are agreed:
            i crave our composition may be written. --shak.
      1913 webster

   7. law the adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an
      obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between
      the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation
      agreed upon in the adjustment.
      1913 webster

            compositions for not taking the order of knighthood.
                                                  --hallam.
      1913 webster

            cleared by composition with their creditors.
                                                  --blackstone.
      1913 webster

   8. synthesis as opposed to analysis.
      1913 webster

            the investigation of difficult things by the method
            of analysis ought ever to precede the method of
            composition.                          --sir i.
                                                  newton.
      1913 webster

   composition cloth, a kind of cloth covered with a
      preparation making it waterproof.

   composition deed, an agreement for composition between a
      debtor and several creditors.

   composition plane crystallog., the plane by which the two
      individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved
      positions.

   composition of forces mech., the finding of a single
      force called the resultant which shall be equal in
      effect to two or more given forces called the components
      when acting in given directions. --herbert.

   composition metal, an alloy resembling brass, which is
      sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; --
      also called muntz metal and yellow metal.

   composition of proportion math., an arrangement of four
      proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is
      to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the
      fourth.
      1913 webster
see also:
composite composition cloth composition deed composition plane composition of forces composition metal 
muntz metal yellow metal composition of proportion 

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