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karyogamy (medicine) and force(2) (iou)


karyogamy (medicine)


karyogamy


The fusion of two nuclei.


force(2) (iou)



force noun1. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Proto-Romance, from Latin fortis strong. In branch II from FORCE verb1.]
I.
Physical strength as an attribute of living beings. Now rare. ME.
Daily News As soon as his recovered forces will justify the voyage and journey he will make the passage.
Strength, energy, violence, intense effect, as an attribute of physical action or movement; effort; spec. the strength or speed of a wind, as represented by numbers in the Beaufort Scale. ME.
J. Braine She gave me a blow on my chest with more force than playfulness behind it. M. Leitch His palms burnedthey had taken the force of his tumble on the gritty road. B. Moore The wind force increased, sending a great slap of water over the edge of the pier.
Strength or power of a ruler, nation, etc.; esp. military strength or power. Formerly also, the strength of a fortress etc.; the fighting strength of a ship. ME.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI And lo where George of Clarence sweeps along, of force enough to bid his brother battle.
A body of armed men, ships, etc., an army; in pl., troops, the fighting strength of a nation or commander. ME.
B. Plain A large force of Japanese planes attacked the United States naval facilities at Pearl Harbor. fig.: B. Bettelheim The story of Faust is that of a battle for his soul between the forces of light and darkness.
b. A large part, number, or quantity (formerly also without preceding article); the majority. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. LME.
Defoe Her maid, with a force of crying, said her master was dead.
c. An organized body of workers etc. Also (US History), the number of slaves in the service of a plantation owner etc. E19.
d. The police; a body of police. M19.
G. Gorer The Metropolitan Police is on a different footing to the numerous Other forces in Britain. Belfast Telegraph If the Government expects members of the force and the Army to risk injuries..it has got to pay up.
Physical strength exerted on an object or person, esp. in order to compel or constrain action; violence; (moral or physical) coercion, esp. in by force, by violent means, by compulsion. Formerly also, (a) constraint, (a) compulsion. ME.
K. White I have very little society and that is quite a force on my friends. New York Times The problem in Central America is not the show of force, it is the use of force.
b. spec. in Law. Unlawful violence against a person or thing. Formerly also, an act of this. M16.
Mental or moral strength. Now only, power of effective action in overcoming resistance etc. ME.
Value, importance. Now only, the real import, significance, or effect in context, of a word, statement, etc. ME.
Power (of a non-material thing) to control, influence, or produce an effect; efficacy; esp. power to convince or sway judgement. LME.
L. P. Hartley It had the overwhelming force of any new obsession. D. Jacobson He had no more to say, perhaps because he felt the force of my argument.
b. Legal validity, binding power of a law. LME.
c. Power of an artistic medium, as Writing, painting, etc., to convey an impression or idea with vividness or effect. M19.
C. Clarke Slender comes out in this play with extraordinary force.
d. The ability of a dog to move sheep. Austral. & NZ. M20.
a. Physics. (The intensity of) an agency or influence that produces or tends to produce a change in the motion of a moving body, or produces motion or stress in a stationary body. M17.
b. Orig., the cause of motion, heat, electricity, etc., conceived as a principle or power. Now only transf. & fig., an agency, influence, or source of power likened to a physical force; often in pl., as forces of Nature, economic forces. L18.
(Usu. Force.) The life-force supposedly harnessed by Jedi knights in the Star Wars films; transf. any unseen but powerful influence on a person or situation. L20.
II. The plunger of a force-pump. L16-M18.
Tennis etc. A powerful stroke played with the purpose of forcing an error from the opponent; spec. in Real Tennis, such a shot aimed at the dedans. M17.
Bridge etc. A bid to which one's partner must reply, an act of forcing. M19.
Billiards. A stroke in which the cue-ball is struck off-centre causing it to stop or recoil at a particular angle. M19.
Phrases etc.: armed forces (the people constituting) the fighting strength of a nation etc. brute force: see BRUTE adjective. by force: see sense 5 above. by force of by virtue of, by means of. come into force come into operation, take effect. electromotive force: see ELECTROMOTIVE adjective. from force of habit: see HABIT noun. in force (a) in large numbers; (b) Law operative, binding, valid. join forces combine efforts. life-force: see LIFE noun. put in force enforce. task force: see TASK noun. with force and arms Law (now Hist.) = VI ET ARMIS.
Comb.: force cup a rubber cup attached to a handle which clears a blocked drain by creating a vacuum in it; a plunger; force-feed noun & verb (a) noun a supply, esp. of lubricant, maintained under applied force or pressure; (b) verb trans. feed (a prisoner, animal, etc.) by force; force field (chiefly Science Fiction) a region or barrier of (usu. invisible) force; force-land verb intrans. & trans. [after FORCED landing] (cause to) make a forced landing; force-out Baseball a putting out of a base runner by necessitating an advance to the next base when it is not possible to do so safely; force-pump (a) a pump that forces water beyond the range of atmospheric pressure; (b) a kind of stomach-pump used for force-feeding; force stroke = sense 11 above.