Forcing Definition

(horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed.

(photography) An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail.

(set theory) A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).

(climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.

Present participle of force.