'Coercitive force' definitions:

Definition of 'Coercitive force'

From: GCIDE
  • Coercive \Co*er"cive\, a. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. -- {Co*er"cive*ly}, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
  • Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
  • Coercive force or Coercitive force (Magnetism), 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. --Nichol. [1913 Webster]
  • The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force. --S. Thompson. [1913 Webster]