forcing

noun

(horticulture) the art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed

Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/ / /ˈfɔɹ.sɪŋ/

Etymology: By surface analysis, force + -ing.

Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.

Etymology: By surface analysis, force + -ing.

The act by which someone or something is forced.
The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
“orbital / astronomical forcing (effect on climate of slow changes in the tilt of Earth's axis and shape of its orbit)”
“[…] in improving the transfer function of these proxy data and in modelling the response of the climate system to the astronomical forcing over the last 3 Ma with a particular attention paid to the phase relations between insolation,[…]”

Etymology: By surface analysis, force + -ing.