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Crosswords: OF FORCE |
| English words defined with "OF FORCE": Component of force ♦ electrical line of force ♦ line of force ♦ magnetic line of force. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "OF FORCE": electric lines of force ♦ magnetic lines of force. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "OF FORCE": Connutritious ♦ Emphasis, exploit ♦ Forzando ♦ Stupration ♦ Trainband. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | A Show of Force (1990) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Lines of force and equipotential surfaces.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Blaise Pascal | Force rules the world -- not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything. |
Victor Hugo | Brahma once asked of Force, "Who is stronger than you?" She replied, "Address." |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | In all states and conditions, the true remedy of force without authority, is to oppose force to it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In the first problem the question is of the employment of force. |
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Business | However, there continue to be serious allegations of excessive use of force by the police, especially against foreigners. (references) | |
A concessionaire of a potential project can own the port facilities for a specified period after the completion of the construction and request that the government to buy back the port facilities under the situation of force majeure. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Papua New Guinea | The media provided independent coverage and analysis of major issues, including accusations of corruption in government and excessive use of force by police officers. (references) |
Somalia | In November the Puntland Coalition of Women for Peace organized demonstrations in Bosasso and Galkacyo in support of peace and against the use of force by Abdullahi Yusuf or Jama Ali Jama to settle the dispute over the presidency in Puntland. (references) | |
Syria | During the year, as in 2000, there were numerous demonstrations, most of which were permitted or organized by the Government, and some of which were directed against diplomatic missions and international agencies in reaction to the Israeli Government's use of force against Palestinians in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. (references) | |
Economic History | Estonia | This "Letter of the Forty" spoke out against the use of force against protesters and the increasing threat to the Estonian language and culture. (references) |
Georgia | Georgian law prohibits expropriation of foreign investments, except in cases involving natural disasters, acts of God, other cases of force majeure, and epidemic emergencies. (references) | |
Kuwait | The United States led the UN Security Council to demand Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait and authorize the use of force, if necessary, to remove Iraqi forces from the occupied country. (references) | |
Human Rights | Romania | At year's end, the officer was under investigation for abusive use of force. (references) |
Korea | The President later expressed deep regret for the excessive use of force by police in this incident. (references) | |
Australia | There were no cases during the year for which police were disciplined for the unjustified use of force. (references) | |
Political Economy | Barbados | There continued to be occasional instances of excessive use of force by police. (references) |
Turkey | Extrajudicial killings continued, including deaths due to excessive use of force and torture. (references) | |
Mozambique | Police continued to commit numerous abuses, including extrajudicial killings, excessive use of force, torture, and other abuses. (references) | |
Political Rights | Burma | In September 1998, the NLD leadership organized a Committee Representing People Parliament (CRPP) on the basis of written delegations of authority from a majority of the surviving members-elect of the 1990 parliament, in view of the junta's continued use of force to prevent the entire parliament from convening. (references) |
Travel | Taiwan | No extensions are granted to those who enter Taiwan without a pre-arranged visa except in the event of force majeure or matters of vital importance. (references) |
Worker Rights | Somalia | Unlike in the previous year, labor disputes did not lead to the use of force during the year. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | From the general policy and course of proceeding observed by the allied powers in regard to this contest it is inferred that they will confine their interposition to the expression of their sentiments, abstaining from the application of force. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The cessation of the war by the complete triumph of the patriot cause has removed, it is hoped, all cause of dissension with one party and all vestige of force of the other. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Thus may the nations cease to live in trembling before the menace of force. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We will respond if others reduce their use of force, and we will withdraw our soldiers once South Vietnam is securely guaranteed the right to shape its own future. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Now, as was the case a year ago, the prospect of Soviet use of force threatens the international order. |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "OF FORCE". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Shemeber | N/A | Biblical | Name of force |
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Expressions using "OF FORCE": Component of force ♦ Conservation of force ♦ electrical line of force ♦ field of force ♦ line of force ♦ magnetic line of force ♦ moment of force ♦ reconnaissance of force ♦ show of force ♦ status of force agreement ♦ use of force. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "OF FORCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vijë force (line of force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لحظة العزم (moment of force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vridende moment (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), kraftliniernes forløb (shape of force trajectories), konvergerende kraftlinier (converging lines of force), ioniseret stof fastfrosset til feltlinierne (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), intet hensyn skal kunne paaberaabes for at retfaerdiggoere,at der gribes til trussel om magtanvendelse eller brug af magt i strid med dette princip (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle), i deres indbyrdes forhold,saavel som i deres internationale forbindelser i almindelighed,afholde sig fra trussel om magtanvendelse eller brug af magt (as well as in international relations in general, from the threat or use of force, to refrain in mutual relations), der foreligger omstændigheder,som ikke kunne forudses,eller force majeure (existence of unforeseeable circumstances or of force majeure), afstaaelse fra trussel om magtanvendelse eller brug af magt (refraining from the threat or use of force), afholde sig fra enhver handling,som indebaerer en trussel om magtanvendelse eller direkte eller indirekte brug af magt mod en anden deltagende stat (to refrain from any acts constituting a threat of force or direct or indirect use of force against another participating State). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zich onthouden van iedere handeling die een dreiging met geweld of een direct of indirect gebruik van geweld tegen een andere deelnemende Staat inhoudt (to refrain from any acts constituting a threat of force or direct or indirect use of force against another participating State), zich in onderlinge betrekkingen alsmede in internationale betrekkingen in het algemeen, onthouden van dreiging met, of gebruik van, geweld (as well as in international relations in general, from the threat or use of force, to refrain in mutual relations), moment van een kracht (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), met geweld dreigen (threaten the use of force), krachtveld (field of force, force-field), krachtlijnenverloop (shape of force trajectories), krachtlijn (force trajectory, line of force), het zich onthouden van dreiging met, of gebruik van geweld (refraining from the threat or use of force), geen enkele overweging mag worden aangevoerd om het overgaan tot dreiging met, of gebruik van, geweld in strijd met dit beginsel te rechtvaardigen (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle), fluxlijn (flux line, line of force), draaimoment (bending moment, driving couple, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, torsional moment, turning moment, twisting moment), de magnetische velden van de magnetische buizen van het rooster zijn verweven,zodat een netwerk van magnetische krachtlijnen ontstaat (the magnetic fields of the magnetic tubes of the grid are interwoven to form a complete magnetic field of lines of force), convergerende krachtlijnen (converging lines of force), bestaan van toeval of overmacht (existence of unforeseeable circumstances or of force majeure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | voimaviivojen kulku (shape of force trajectories), voimaviivoihin jäätynyt ionisoitu materia (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), vääntömomentti (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, torsional moment, turning moment, twisting moment), konvergoivat voimaviivat (converging lines of force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lignes de force convergentes (converging lines of force), allure des lignes de force (shape of force trajectories), aucune considération ne peut être invoquée pour servir à justifier le recours à la menace ou à l'emploi de la force en violation de ce principe (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle), champ d'intensité (field of force), ils s'abstiennent de toute manifestation de force visant à faire renoncer tout autre état au plein exercice de ses droits souverains (they will refrain from any manifestation of force for the purpose of inducing any other state to renounce the full exercise of its sovereign rights), isostatique (line of force), les états participants réaffirment la nécessité que le non-recours à la menace ou à l'emploi de la force,en tant que norme de la vie internationale,soit strictement et effectivement respecté (as a norm of an international life, the participating states reaffirm the need that refraining from the threat of use of force), les champs magnétiques des tubes magnétiques de la grille s'entrelacent pour constituer un véritable réseau magnétique de lignes de force (the magnetic fields of the magnetic tubes of the grid are interwoven to form a complete magnetic field of lines of force), allure des isostatiques (shape of force trajectories), ligne de force (line of force), s'abstenir de tout acte constituant une menace d'emploi de la force ou un recours direct ou indirect à la force contre un autre Etat participant (to refrain from any acts constituting a threat of force or direct or indirect use of force against another participating State), matière ionisée collée aux lignes de force (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), moment de flexion (moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force), moment de rotation (moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force), moment d'un couple (moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force), moment d'une force (moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force), non-recours à la menace ou à l'emploi de la force (refraining from the threat or use of force), s'abstenir dans les relations mutuelles, ainsi que dans les relations internationales en général, de recourir à la menace ou à l'emploi de la force (from the threat or use of force), ligne de champ (line of force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kraftfelder (fields of force), Kraftfeld (field of force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ροπή στρέψης (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, torsional moment, turning moment, twisting moment), συγκλίνουσες δυναμικές γραμμές (converging lines of force), ιονισμένη ύλη κολλημένη στις δυναμικές γραμμές (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), χειροδικία (use of force), τροχιά των ισοστατικών γραμμών (shape of force trajectories), τα μαγνητικά πεδία των μαγνητικών σωλήνων εμπλέκονται για να αποτελέσουν ένα αληθή μαγνητικό δίκτυο δυναμικών γραμμών (the magnetic fields of the magnetic tubes of the grid are interwoven to form a complete magnetic field of lines of force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szükségszerűen (inevitably, necessarily, of necessity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | non ricorso alla minaccia o all'uso della forza (refraining from the threat or use of force), nessuna considerazione potrà essere invocata per servire da giustificazione al ricorso alla minaccia o all'uso della forza in violazione di questo principio (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle), momento di una forza (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), materia ionizzata incollata alle linee di forza (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), linee di forza convergenti (converging lines of force), linea di forza (force trajectory, line of force), isostatica (force trajectory, line of force), i campi magnetici dei tubi magnetici della griglia s'intrecciano per costituire un vero reticolo magnetico delle linee di forza (the magnetic fields of the magnetic tubes of the grid are interwoven to form a complete magnetic field of lines of force), gli stati partecipanti riaffermano la necessità di osservare rigorosamente ed efficacemente il principio del non ricorso alla minaccia o all'uso della forza in quanto norma di vita internazionale (as a norm of an international life, should be strictly and effectively observed, the participating states reaffirm the need that refraining from the threat of use of force), essi si asterranno da ogni manifestazione di forza volta ad indurre un altro stato partecipante a rinunciare al pieno esercizio dei suoi diritti sovrani (they will refrain from any manifestation of force for the purpose of inducing any other state to renounce the full exercise of its sovereign rights), astenersi nelle relazioni reciproche, nonchè nelle relazioni internazionali in generale, dalla minaccia o dall'uso della forza (as well as in international relations in general, from the threat or use of force, to refrain in mutual relations), astenersi da qualsiasi atto che costituisca una minaccia di ricorso alla forza o un uso diretto o indiretto della forza contro un altro Stato partecipante (to refrain from any acts constituting a threat of force or direct or indirect use of force against another participating State), andamento delle isostatiche (shape of force trajectories). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 示威 (demonstration, show of force), 力の場 (field of force), 実力行使 (use of force), 分力 (component of force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しい (arbitrariness, circumference, demonstration, personal opinion, selfishness, show of force, speculation, surroundings, thinking, thought), ぶんりょく (component of force), じつりょくこうし (use of force), じい (court physician, demonstration, dictionary, intention to resign, masturbation, second place, second rank, self consolation, show of force), ちからのば (field of force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | troa-linney (directrix, line of force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ofay orcefay os campos magnéticos dos tubos magnéticos da grelha entrelaçam-se para constituir uma verdadeira rede magnética de linhas de força (the magnetic fields of the magnetic tubes of the grid are interwoven to form a complete magnetic field of lines of force), momento de uma força (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), momento de rotação (bending moment, disturbing moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), momento de flexão (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), matéria ionizada colada às linhas de força (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), linhas de força convergentes (converging lines of force), binário (binary). (various references) linie de forţã (line of force). (various references) силовая линия (line of force). (various references) se abstendrán de cualquier manifestación de fuerza con el propósito de inducir a cualquier otro estado a renunciar al pleno ejercicio de sus derechos soberanos (they will refrain from any manifestation of force for the purpose of inducing any other state to renounce the full exercise of its sovereign rights), no podrá invocarse ninguna consideración que pueda servir para justificar el recurso a la amenaza o al uso de la fuerza en contravención de este principio (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle), momento (instance, instant, minute, Mo, moment, momentum, piece, place, point, tick, time), materia ionizada unida a las líneas de fuerza (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), los estados participantes reafirman la necesidad de que se observe de modo estricto y efectivo como norma de conducta internacional la renuncia a la amenaza o al uso de la fuerza (as a norm of an international life, should be strictly and effectively observed, the participating states reaffirm the need that refraining from the threat of use of force), líneas de fuerza convergentes (converging lines of force), línea de esfuerzos (force trajectory, line of force), isostática (force trajectory, line of force), forma de las isostáticas (shape of force trajectories), abstenerse en las relaciones mutuas, así como en las relaciones internacionales en general, de recurrir a la amenaza o al uso de la fuerza (as well as in international relations in general, from the threat or use of force, to refrain in mutual relations), abstenerse de todo acto que constituya una amenaza de fuerza o un uso directo o indirecto de la fuerza contra otro Estado participante (to refrain from any acts constituting a threat of force or direct or indirect use of force against another participating State), abstención de recurrir a la amenaza o al uso de la fuerza (refraining from the threat or use of force). (various references) vridmoment (torque), styrkedemonstration (show of force), mönster för kraftlinjer (shape of force trajectories), kraftmoment (bending moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, turning moment, twisting moment), konvergenta kraftlinjer (converging lines of force), joniserad materia fixerad till fältlinjerna (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), böjmoment (bending moment, flexural moment, moment of a couple, moment of a force, moment of a torque, moment of force, torque, turning moment, twisting moment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 11, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Apo de twn hmerwn iwannou tou baptistou ewV arti h basileia twn ouranwn biazetai kai biastai arpazousin authn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | A diebus autem Iohannis Baptistae usque nunc regnum caelorum vim patitur et violenti rapiunt illud |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soðlice fram iohannes dagen fulluhteresoð þis. heofene rice þoleð nead [&]strece nymað þæt. [Page 92] |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And fro the daies of Joon Baptist til now the kyngdom of heuenes suffrith violence, and violent men rauyschen it. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | From the tyme of Ihon Baptist hytherto ye kyngdome of heve suffreth violence and they that go to it with violence pluck it vnto them. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And from the days of John the Baptist, until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 11, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Sukad sa mga adlaw ni Juan nga Bautista hangtud karon, ang gingharian sa langit nakaagum na sa mga paglugos, ug kini ginaagaw sa mga manglolugos pinaagig kusog. |
| Croatian | A od dana Ivana Krstitelja do sada kraljevstvo nebesko silom se probija i siloviti ga grabe. |
| Danish | Men fra Johannes Døberens Dage indtil nu tages Himmeriges Rige med Vold, og Voldsmænd rive det til sig. |
| Dutch | En van de dagen van Johannes den Doper tot nu toe, wordt het Koninkrijk der hemelen geweld aangedaan, en de geweldigers nemen hetzelve met geweld. |
| Finnish | Mutta Johannes Kastajan päivistä tähän asti hyökätään taivasten valtakuntaa vastaan, ja hyökkääjät tempaavat sen itselleen. |
| French | Depuis le temps de Jean Baptiste jusqu`à présent, le royaume des cieux est forcé, et ce sont les violents qui s`en s`emparent. |
| German | Aber von den Tagen Johannes des Täufers bis hierher leidet das Himmelreich Gewalt, und die Gewalt tun, die reißen es an sich. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sejak Yohanes mengabarkan beritanya sampai pada saat ini, umat Allah ditentang oleh orang-orang yang berusaha menguasainya dengan kekerasan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka daripada zaman Yahya Pembaptis sampai sekarang ini, kerajaan surga sangatlah diserbu orang, dan orang yang menyerbu itu merebut akan dia. |
| Italian | Dai giorni di Giovanni il Battista fino ad ora, il regno dei cieli soffre violenza e i violenti se ne impadroniscono. |
| Manx Gaelic | As er-dy laghyn Ean Bashtey derrey nish, ta sleih chionney stiagh gys reeriaght niau, as t'adsyn ta cheet lesh jeeanid cosney stiagh ayn. |
| Maori | A no nga ra mai ano i a Hoani Kaiiriiri a mohoa noa nei e tukinotia ana te rangatiratanga o te rangi, a e riro ana ia i te ringa kaha o nga tangata taikaha. |
| Norwegian | Men fra døperen Johannes' dager inntil nu trenger de sig med makt inn i himlenes rike, og de som trenger sig inn, river det til sig. |
| Portuguese | E desde os dias de João, o Batista, até agora, o reino dos céus é tomado a força, e os violentos o tomam de assalto. |
| Rumanian | Din zilele lui Ioan Botezqtorul pknq acum, Kmpqrqyia cerurilor se ia cu nqvalq, wi ceice dau nqvalq, pun mkna pe ea. |
| Shuar | `Kakaram shuarka imiakratin Juan Támia Nú tsawantnumia Yus akupeamunam ti pachiinkiatniun wakeruiniak kakarmajai pachiinkiatniun Enentáimiainiawai. |
| Spanish | Desde los días de Juan el Bautista hasta ahora, el reino de los cielos sufre violencia, y los violentos se apoderan de él. |
| Swahili | Tangu wakati wa Yohane mbatizaji mpaka leo hii, Ufalme wa mbinguni unashambuliwa vikali, na watu wakali wanajaribu kuunyakua kwa nguvu. |
| Swedish | Och från Johannes döparens dagar intill denna stund tränger himmelriket fram med storm, och människor storma fram och rycka det till sig. |
| Uma | Ngkai lomo' pobago-na Yohanes Topeniu' rata hi tempo toi, tauna to dada'a mpohuduwukui mpo'ewa topetuku' Alata'ala doko' mpokuasai-ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-f-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: coffer. | |
-2 letters: cooer, force, offer. | |
-3 letters: cero, coff, coof, core, corf, fore, froe, roof. | |
-4 letters: coo, cor, eff, fer, foe, for, fro, off, orc, ore, rec, ref, roc, roe. | |
-5 letters: ef, er, oe, of, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-f-o-o-r" | |
+3 letters: chifforobe. | |
+4 letters: chifforobes. | |
+5 letters: counteroffer, officeholder. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 46      46 4F 52 43 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01000110 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010 01000011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O F   F O R C E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0046      0046 004F 0052 0043 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)494024049523739 |
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