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• aerodynamic force go
  forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)
  
• affinity, chemical attraction go
  the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
  
• attraction, attractive force go
  the force by which one object attracts another
  
• repulsion, repulsive force go
  the force by which bodies repel one another
  
• centrifugal force go
  the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
  
• centripetal force go
  the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
  
• cohesion go
  (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
  
• Coriolis force go
  (physics) a force due to the earth's rotation
  
• impulsion, impetus, drift go
  a force that moves something along
  
• Lorentz force go
  the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field
  
• moment go
  a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
  
• propulsion go
  a propelling force
  
• pull go
  the force used in pulling
  
• thrust, push go
  the force used in pushing
  
• reaction go
  (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
  
• stress go
  (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
  
• torsion, torque go
  a twisting force
  
• magnetomotive force go
  the force that produces magnetic flux
  
• vitality, life force, vital force, elan vital go
  (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms