Force (disambiguation)

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In physics, force is what, when unopposed, changes the motion of an object.

Force is also a dialectal term for a "waterfall".

Force or forces may also refer to:

Places

  • Force, Marche, a municipality in Ascoli Piceno, Italy
  • Forcé, Mayenne, France; a commune
  • Force, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania

People

  • The Force family of American drag racing:
    • John Force (born 1949), family patriarch; father of four daughters, three of whom are or have been racers themselves:
      • Ashley Force Hood (born 1982)
      • Brittany Force (born 1986)
      • Courtney Force (born 1988)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

  • Force (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics Iron Man titles
  • Major Force, a fictional character in the DC Comics universe

Films

  • Force (film series), a series of Indian Hindi-language action-thriller films
    • Force (2011 film), first installment of the series
    • Force 2 (2016), second installment of the series
  • Force (2014 film), an Indian Bengali-language film

Music

  • Force, the early name of the Swedish band Europe
  • Force (A Certain Ratio album), 1986
  • Force (Superfly album), 2012
    • "Force" (Superfly song)
  • "Force" (Alan Walker song), 2015

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • Forcing (magic), a magician's technique sometimes called a "force"
  • Sonic Forces, a video game

Law, policing, and military

  • Force (law), unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
  • Forces, the armed forces collectively of a nation's military
    • Security forces, the name of the armed forces in some nations
  • The force, the police force of a particular jurisdiction

Mathematics and science

  • Brute force method, proof by exhaustion in mathematics
  • Fundamental force, an interaction between particles that cannot be explained by other interactions

Sports

Teams

  • Cleveland Force (disambiguation), defunct indoor soccer teams based in Northeast Ohio
  • Georgia Force, an Arena Football League team
  • Ipswich Force, an Australian basketball team
  • Kansas City Force, an American women's gridiron football team
  • San Antonio Force, an Arena Football League team that played during the 1992 season
  • Western Force, an Australian rugby union team in the Super 14

Other

  • FORCE (Formula One Race Car Engineering), a design and construction company within the Haas Lola Formula One team
  • Force play, a situation in baseball where the runner is compelled to advance to the next base

Other uses

  • Force (cereal), a wheat flake cereal
  • Coming into force
  • Force Motors, an Indian automotive company
  • Force-feeding, the practice of feeding a human or other animal against their will
  • Fuerza (political party) (English translation: Force), a political party in Guatemala
  • The Force, a power in the Star Wars franchise

See also

  • Armed forces (disambiguation)
  • Brute force (disambiguation)
  • Elite Force (disambiguation)
  • Energy (disambiguation)
  • Force 1 (disambiguation)
  • Force 10 (disambiguation)
  • Force B (disambiguation)
  • Force Commander (disambiguation)
  • Force field (disambiguation)
  • Force majeure (disambiguation)
  • Force of Nature (disambiguation)
  • Force One (disambiguation)
  • Force XXI (disambiguation)
  • Forcing (disambiguation)
  • Physical force (disambiguation)
  • Special forces (disambiguation)
  • Taskforce (disambiguation)
  • X force (disambiguation)
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