forcing

Noun

 * 1)  The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
 * 2)  An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
 * 3)  A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See.
 * 4)  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)

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: luathbhorradh, fórsáil


 * Hebrew:


 * German: Strahlungsantrieb, Ungleichgewicht der Strahlungsbilanz

Adjective

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