2 definitions found
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
coercive
adj : serving or intended to coerce; "authority is directional
instead of coercive"
more about coercive
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