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Force and Thrust

noun

  • A powerful effect or influence.
    • usage: "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
  • Physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity. (
    • usage: "force equals mass times acceleration"
  • Physical energy or intensity.
    • usage: "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"
  • Group of people willing to obey orders.
    • usage: "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
  • A unit that is part of some military service.
    • usage: "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
  • An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists. )
    • usage: "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"
  • One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority.
    • usage: "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
  • A group of people having the power of effective action.
    • usage: "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"
  • Of a law. ( having legal validity)
    • usage: "the law is still in effect"
  • A putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base.
    • usage: "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"

verb

  • (v.) ()
  • Urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate.
  • (v.) ()
  • Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
    • usage: "She forced her diet fads on him"
  • Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.
    • usage: "I squeezed myself into the corner"
  • Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically.
    • usage: "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
  • Cause to move by pulling.
    • usage: "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
  • Do forcibly; exert force.
    • usage: "Don't force it"
  • Take by force.
    • usage: "Storm the fort"
(DoD) An aggregation of military personnel, weapon systems, equipment, and necessary support, or combination thereof.
(DoD) A major subdivision of a fleet.

noun

  • The force used in pushing.
    • usage: "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
  • A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument.
    • usage: "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
  • The act of applying force to propel something.
    • usage: "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
  • Verbal criticism.
    • usage: "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
  • A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow. )
    • usage: "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"

verb

  • Push forcefully.
    • usage: "He thrust his chin forward"
  • Press or force.
    • usage: "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
  • Make a thrusting forward movement.
  • Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
    • usage: "She forced her diet fads on him"
  • Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.
  • Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.
  • Push upward.
    • usage: "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
  • Place or put with great energy.
    • usage: "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"

Thrust is a comparison between the price difference of successively lower pivot bottoms or higher pivot tops. For example, a reduction in the difference between pivot bottoms shows loss of momentum; an increase in the difference shows increased momentum.