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Forcing vs Nonforcing - What's the difference?

forcing | nonforcing |

As a noun forcing

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

As a verb forcing

is .

As an adjective nonforcing is

(bridge) not forcing.

forcing

English

Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * radiative forcing

    Verb

    (head)

    • nonforcing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (bridge) Not forcing
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 9, author=, title=Same Fistful of Diamonds, Two Very Different Openings, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Zia settled for a quiet, nonforcing (because he was a passed hand) two-diamond response. }}