01 a. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
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Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.“Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice.” — Bp. Warburton.“The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force.” — S. Thompson.
Phrases & compounds
Coercive force —
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.