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coercive

ADJ ที่ บีบบังคับ  ti-bib-bang-khab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COERCIVE

a. 1. That has power to restrain, particularly by moral force, as of law or authority.
2. Compulsory; constraining; forcing.

 

COERCIVELY

adv. By constraint.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COERCIVE

COERCIVE Co *er "cive, a.

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

coercive

co er cive |kōˈərsiv koʊˈərsɪv | adjective relating to or using force or threats: coercive measures. DERIVATIVES co er cive ly adverb, co er cive ness noun

 

coercive force

co er cive force noun Physics another term for coercivity.

 

Oxford Dictionary

coercive

co |er ¦cive |kəʊˈəːsɪv | adjective relating to or using force or threats: coercive measures. DERIVATIVES coercively adverb, coerciveness noun

 

coercive force

co |er ¦cive force noun Physics another term for coercivity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

coercive

co er cive /koʊə́ː r sɪv /形容詞 通例 名詞 の前で 〗強制的な, 威圧的な .ly 副詞