Driving Force

Definition: Driving Force

Driving Force

Noun

1. The act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Driving Force

Crosswords: Driving Force

Driving Force '86 (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Anthony Robbins Introduction to Personal Power II: The Driving Force (reference)

• Dale Earnhardt Jr.: The Driving Force Of A New Generation (reference)

• Driving Force (reference)

• The Devil's Cup: Coffee, the Driving Force in History (reference)

• The Driving Force (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• Logitech Driving Force Wheel (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

Imports, which represent 86 percent of the total market, are the driving force behind market growth. (references)

The expanding use and popularity of the Internet form a major driving force in furthering the growth of the ICT markets. (references)

In fact, outsourcing is presently the driving force in the computer services area and is even anticipated to gain more importance in the near future. (references)

Economic History

Ireland

The driving force behind sector growth is international investment. (references)

Argentina

The private sector continues to be the main driving force in the Argentine construction industry. (references)

Slovak Rep

Auto production continued to be a driving force in the economy, but output grew more slowly than last year's record. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "driving force": be the driving force. Additional references.

Albanian

vrull (Ardor, ardour, burst, career, dash, drive, elan, flush, furor, fury, ginger, impetuosity, impetus, momentum, pelt, pep, pith, raciness, rage, reach, spasm, spurt, tear, tearing, thrust, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, zest, zip), forcë lëvizëse (motor, mover). (various references)

Bulgarian 

двигателна сила (propulsion). (various references)

Chinese 

推動力 . (various references)

Danish

fremdrivningskraft (motive power, prime mover, propelling force). (various references)

Dutch

drijfkracht (drive, impulse, instinct, motive power, prime mover, propellent effect, propelling force, urge), aandrijvingskracht (motive power, prime mover, propelling force). (various references)

Finnish

käyttövoima (motive power, propelling power). (various references)

French

force motrice, force de propulsion. (various references)

German

triebkraft (germinating power, motive power, mover, propelling force, thrust), treibende kraft (mainspring, propellant, propellent), motor (engine, motor), Antriebskraft (impulsion). (various references)

Greek 

κινητήρια δύναμη (motive power, prime mover, propelling force), προωθητική δύναμη (motive power, prime mover, propelling force, thrust). (various references)

Hungarian

hajtóerõ (agent, impulsion, propulsion), hajtóerő (impulsive force, motive power, propellant power). (various references)

Indonesian

daya dorong. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

駆動 , 推進力 (propulsive power), 推進 (propulsion), 推力 (propulsion, thrust). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すいし�"りょく (propulsive power), すいし�" (depth of water, orthocenter, propulsion), すいりょく (hydraulic power, propulsion, thrust), くどう. (various references)

Pig Latin

ivingdray orcefay

Portuguese

força de propulsão (forward thrust, motive power, prime mover, propelling force, thrust). (various references)

Russian 

движущая сила (driving motive, impetus, impulsive force, locomotive power, momentum, motive, motive force, motive power, operative force). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pokretačka snaga (juice, mover). (various references)

Spanish

fuerza propulsora (motive power, prime mover, propelling force, propulsive force, tensile force), fuerza motriz (prime mover), fuerza de propulsión (motive power, prime mover, propelling force). (various references)

Swedish

drivkraft (drift, impulsion, momentum). (various references)

Turkish

itici güç (impulsion, propellant, propellent power, propulsive force). (various references)

Vietnamese 

lực truyền, động lực (dynamic, motivity). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: coderiving, overriding.

-3 letters: codriving, deforcing, devoicing, divorcing, overrigid, recording, redriving, revoicing.

-4 letters: codifier, codriven, codriver, confider, covering, deriving, divorcer, forgiven, forgiver, fringier, gridiron, inferior, invoiced, ordering, overgird, recoding, refiring, ringdove.

-5 letters: codrive, coifing, coigned, coinfer, confide, conifer, cording, coreign, cornfed, cornier, corvine, cringed, cringer, crinoid, deicing, dineric, dingier, diviner, divorce, driving, droving, ergodic, ericoid.

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