Force (disambiguation)

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Force is what, when unopposed, changes the motion of an object.

Force or The Force may also refer to:

Mathematics and science

• Forcing (mathematics), a proof-technique of set theory
• Brute force method, proof by exhaustion in mathematics
• Fundamental force, an interaction between particles that cannot be explained by other interactions

Law, policing and military

• Force (law), unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Field force, a military or police unit
• Police force
• In some contexts, "force" is used as a synonym for coercion

Places

• Force, Marche, a municipality in Ascoli Piceno, Italy
• Force or foss, a word in the Yorkshire dialect for "waterfall" (e.g., Hardraw Force)

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)

Sports

• Force play, a situation in baseball where the runner is compelled to advance to the next base
• Cleveland Force (disambiguation), a former Indoor Soccer team based in Northeast Ohio
• Georgia Force, an Arena Football League team
• San Antonio Force, an Arena Football League team that played the 1992 season only
• Western Force, an Australian rugby union team in the Super 14
• FORCE (Formula One Race Car Engineering), a division of the Haas Lola Formula One team

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and comics

• Force (film series), a series of Indian Hindi-language action-thriller films
  • Force (2011 film), first installment of the series
  • Force 2, second installment of the series
• Force (2014 film), a Bengali-language film
• Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force, a 2009 manga in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series
• The Force (Star Wars), mystical energy in the Star Wars universe
• Force (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics Iron Man titles

Music

Performers

• Force, the early name of Europe, a Swedish band
• Force West, 1970s group
• Force MDs, 1980s group

Albums

• Force (Superfly album), a 2012 album by Superfly
• Force (A Certain Ratio album), 1986

Songs

• "Force" (song), a 2012 song by Superfly from the previously listed album

Other uses

• Force (cereal), a wheat flake cereal

See also

• Forcing (disambiguation)
• Armed forces (disambiguation)
• The Force (disambiguation)
• Fuerza (political party), a political party in Guatemala whose name translates as Force
• GeForce, a PC graphics chipset
• nForce, a computer motherboard chipset
• High Force, a waterfall on the River Tees, England
• Major Force, a fictional character in the DC Comics universe
• Taskforce (disambiguation)
• Coming into force
• Brute force (disambiguation)
• Special forces (disambiguation)
• Forcemeat, seasoned ground meat used as stuffing
• Energy (disambiguation)
• Equivocation (magic), a magician's technique sometimes called a "force"