The force which causes accelerated motion.

(physics, chemistry) any of the attractive or repulsive interactions that occur between atoms or molecules and become significant at separations of about 1 nanometer or less

(military) The military units operating on the ground, including tanks, soldiers, artillery, etc.

A method of accomplishing something primarily by means of strength, without the use of great skill, mechanical aids or thought.

(transitive) To solve (a computational problem) by brute force. / (computing) To break a password, encryption, or any other protection mechanism by brute force.

(business, government, military) A group of people working towards a particular task, project, or activity, especially assigned in a particular capacity.

(physics, meteorology) A fictitious force apparently exerted on any moving body (including a parcel of air) due to the rotation of the earth, observed as a deflection of the body to the right of its direction of travel (i.e., clockwise) in the Northern Hemisphere, or to the left (anticlockwise) in the Southern Hemisphere; any equivalent apparent force that deflects objects in a rotating reference frame.

(politics, euphemistic) An army.

(law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary.

(physics) Any of various gravitational forces acting on a body caused by variation in the distance between it and a source of a gravitational field; such forces due to the Moon are responsible for tides.