In physics,

force In physics, a force is an influence that can cause an Physical object, object to change its velocity unless counterbalanced by other forces. In mechanics, force makes ideas like 'pushing' or 'pulling' mathematically precise. Because the Magnitu ...

is what, when unopposed, changes the motion of an object. Force is also a dialectal term for a "

waterfall A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...

". Force or forces may also refer to:

Places

* Force, Marche, a municipality in Ascoli Piceno, Italy *

Forcé Forcé () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guian ...

, Mayenne, France; a commune *

Force, Pennsylvania Force is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jay Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid ...

, an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania * Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy, tidal power test site in Nova Scotia

People

* Anna Laura Force (1868-1952), American educator * The Force family of American drag racing: **

John Force John Harold Force (born May 4, 1949) is an American NHRA drag racer. He is a 16-time NHRA and 1 time AHRA Funny Car champion driver and a 22-time champion car owner. Force owns and drives for John Force Racing (JFR). He is one of the most d ...

(born 1949), family patriarch; father of four daughters, three of whom are or have been racers themselves: *** Ashley Force Hood (born 1982) ***

Brittany Force Brittany Leighton Force (born July 8, 1986) is an American NHRA drag racer and 2-time NHRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel dragster champion. She is the daughter of drag racer John Force and the sister of fellow racers Courtney Force and Ashley Forc ...

(born 1986) *** Courtney Force (born 1988)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Force (comics) Force is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character known as Clayton "Clay" Wilson (legally changed to Carl Walker) character first appears in ''Prince Namor, the Savage Sub-Mariner'' #67 (Nov. 19 ...

, a character in the Marvel Comics ''Iron Man'' titles *

Major Force Major Force (Clifford Zmeck) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Major Force is the evil foil personality of the superhero Captain Atom. In recent years, he also serves as an enemy to Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner, Guy ...

, a fictional character in the DC Comics universe

Films

* ''Force'' (film series), a series of Indian Hindi-language action-thriller films ** ''Force'' (2011 film), first installment of the series ** '' Force 2'' (2016), second installment of the series * ''Force'' (2014 film), an Indian Bengali-language film

Music

*Force, the early name of the Swedish band

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

* ''Force'' (A Certain Ratio album), 1986 * ''Force'' (Superfly album), 2012 ** "Force" (Superfly song) * "Force" (Alan Walker song), 2015

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Forcing (magic) In stage magic, a force is a method of controlling a choice made by a spectator during a trick. Some forces are performed physically using sleight of hand, such as a trick where a spectator appears to select a random card from a deck but is instea ...

, a magician's technique sometimes called a "force" *''

Sonic Forces is a 2017 Platformer, platform video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was produced in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. The plot focuses on Sonic the Hedgehog (character), So ...

'', a video game

Law, policing, and military

Force (law) In law, force means lawful violence, or lawful compulsion. "Forced entry" is an expression falling under the category of unlawful violence; "in force" or "forced sale" would be examples of expressions in the category of lawful compulsion. When s ...

, unlawful violence or lawful compulsion *Forces, the armed forces collectively of a nation's

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a d ...

Security forces Security forces are statutory organizations with internal security mandates. In the legal context of several countries, the term has variously denoted police and military units working in concert, or the role of irregular military and paramilitar ...

, the name of the armed forces in some nations *The force, the

police force The police are a constituted body of people empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself. This commonly includes ensuring the safety, health, and possessions of citizen ...

of a particular jurisdiction

Mathematics and science

Brute force method Proof by exhaustion, also known as proof by cases, proof by case analysis, complete induction or the brute force method, is a method of mathematical proof in which the statement to be proved is split into a finite number of cases or sets of equi ...

, proof by exhaustion in mathematics *

Fundamental force In physics, the fundamental interactions or fundamental forces are interactions in nature that appear not to be reducible to more basic interactions. There are four fundamental interactions known to exist: * gravity * electromagnetism * weak int ...

, an interaction between particles that cannot be explained by other interactions

Sports

Teams

Cleveland Force (disambiguation) Cleveland Force may refer to: *Cleveland Force (1978–1988), a defunct indoor soccer club *Cleveland Crunch The Cleveland Crunch is an American professional indoor soccer club located in Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1989 as an expansion team in t ...

, defunct indoor soccer teams based in Northeast Ohio *

Georgia Force The Georgia Force was an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States (part of suburban Atlanta) that played in the South Division of the American Conference. The team was owned by Doug MacGregor and Donn ...

, an Arena Football League team * Ipswich Force, an Australian basketball team * Kansas City Force, an American women's gridiron football team * San Antonio Force, an Arena Football League team that played during the 1992 season *

Western Force The Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby, Super Rugby Pacific. They previously played in Super Rugby from 2006 until they were axed from the competitio ...

, an Australian rugby union team in the Super 14

Other

*FORCE (Formula One Race Car Engineering), a design and construction company within the

Haas Lola Team Haas (USA) Ltd., sometimes called Beatrice Haas after its major sponsor, was an American Formula One team founded by Carl Haas in 1984 after an agreement with Beatrice Foods, a US consumer products conglomerate, which competed in the Worl ...

Formula One team *

Force play In baseball, a force play or force out occurs when a runner is required to advance to a base which a player on the opposing team has already reached while in possession of the ball. There are two situations in which a force play occurs: One, a ...

, a situation in baseball where the runner is compelled to advance to the next base

Other uses

* Force (cereal), a wheat flake cereal *

Coming into force In law, coming into force or entry into force (also called commencement) is the process by which legislation, regulations, treaties and other legal instruments come to have legal force and effect. The term is closely related to the date of this ...

Force Motors Force Motors Ltd is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company, based in Pune. From 1958 until 2005, the company was known as Bajaj Tempo Motors because it originated as a joint venture between Bajaj Auto and Germany's Tempo for ...

, an Indian automotive company *

Force-feeding Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a human or animal against their will. The term ''gavage'' (, , ) refers to supplying a substance by means of a small plastic feeding tube passed through the nose (nasogastric tube, nasogastric) or mouth (o ...

, the practice of feeding a human or other animal against their will * Fuerza (political party) (English translation: Force), a political party in Guatemala *

The Force The Force is a Metaphysics, metaphysical, mysterious, and Energy (esotericism), ubiquitous power in the ''Star Wars'' Universe of Star Wars, fictional universe. Characters refer to the Force as an energy that interconnects all things in the univer ...

, a power in the Star Wars franchise