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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Coercive \Co*er"cive\, a.
Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. --
Co*er"cive*ly, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
Coercive power can only influence us to outward
practice. --Bp.
Warburton.
[1913 Webster]
Coercive force 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.
[1913 Webster]
The power of resisting magnetization or
demagnization is sometimes called coercive force.
--S. Thompson.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Coercive \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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