force
physical influence that tends to cause an object to change motion unless opposed by other forces
primitive force
force existing at the beginning of Big Bang
attractive force
force exerted between two objects tending to accelerate towards each another
centripetal force
force that makes a moving body follow a curved path
central force
central force on an object is a force that is directed along the line joining the object and the origin
tidal force
secondary effect of the force of gravity of one body on another
thrust
force which expels or accelerates mass in one direction
jet force
the exhaust from a vehicle or aircraft, propelling the object itself in the opposite direction
fictitious force
apparent force that acts on all masses whose motion is described using a non-inertial frame of reference, such as a rotating reference frame
intermolecular force
forces of attraction or repulsion which act between neighboring particles
reaction
part of Newton's laws
entropic force
physical force that originates from thermodynamics instead of fundamental interactions
Maxwell force
force in physics
surface force
force which acts across an internal or external surface element in a material body
compression
application of inward ("pushing") forces to a material or structure
equilibrant force
force which brings a body into mechanical equilibrium
repulsive force
force exerted between two objects tending to accelerate them apart
mechanical load
external mechanical resistance against which a machine acts
pressure-gradient force
physical force from a pressure differential
apparent weight
the apparently visible weight of an object, which may or may not differ from the real weight
pinning force
force acting on a pinned object from a pinning center
shear force
coplanar forces acting on the same body in opposite directions
structural load
forces, deformations, or accelerations applied to a structure or its components
weight
force acting on a mass due to gravity
effect
defines force and deformation variables acting on the supporting structure, which are taken into account in the load assumptions in structural engineering
bollard pull
measure of the pulling power of a watercraft
contact force
force that acts at the point of contact between two objects
Coulomb force
force between two charged objects
gravitational force
fundamental force attracting uneven distribution of masses together
juggernaut
literal or metaphorical force regarded as mercilessly destructive and unstoppable
Lorentz force
force exerted on a charge in electromagnetic field
conservative force
force with the property that the work done in moving a particle between two points is independent of the path taken
reactive centrifugal force
reaction to centripetal force
tension
pulling power of an engine or animal
net force
the overall force acting on an object. In order to calculate the net force, the body is isolated and interactions with the environment or other constraints are represented as forces and torques in a free-body diagram
mechanical tension
Pulling force transmitted axially – Opposite of compression
bite force
force applied by the masticatory muscles in dental occlusion
Counter-electromotive force
voltage that opposes the change in current which induced it
force between magnets
Effects and reasons of magnetic force, applied by one magnet to another. The main focus being the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction.
external force
physical force
internal force
physical force
lift
force; aerodynamics term
non-contact force
force which acts on an object without coming physically in contact with it
intramolecular force
any force that holds together the atoms making up a molecule or compound
body force
force that acts throughout the volume of a body
resultant force
Static equivalence of systems of forces and moments