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Contact force

Force between two objects that are in physical contact

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Bia (mythology)

Personification of violence in Greek mythology

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Net force

Vector sum of all forces acting upon a particle or body

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Apparent weight

Weight of an object when a force additional to gravity is present

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Counterweight

Equivalent weight that balances a mechanical system

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Body force

Force which acts throughout the volume of a body

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Pure bending

Solid mechanics model of a weightless beam under a bending moment

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Fifth force

Speculative physics theory

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Conservative force

Force in which the work done in moving an object depends only on its displacement

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Resultant force

Single force representing the combination of all forces acting on a physical body

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Circle of forces

Diagram of tire forces in vehicle dynamics

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Normal force

Force exerted on an object by a body with which it is in contact, and vice versa

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Force field (physics)

Region of space in which a force acts

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Restoring force

Physical force acting to bring a system back toward equilibrium

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Contact area
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Force-feeding

Practice of feeding a human or animal against their will

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Laser broom

Ground-based laser beam-powered system to clear space debris

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Laser propulsion

Form of beam-powered propulsion

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Forced labor in the Soviet Union

none

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Political cleansing of population

Eliminating groups of people for political reasons

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Population transfer

Movement of a large group of people from one region to another

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Development-induced displacement

Type of forced migration of humans

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Persecution of Zoroastrians

none

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Briggs Plan

1950 British forced resettlement plan during the Malayan Emergency

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Forced prostitution

Prostitution that takes place as a result of coercion by a third party

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