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Definition of Driving force
1. Noun. The act of applying force to propel something. "After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
Generic synonyms: Actuation, Propulsion
Specialized synonyms: Firewall, Impetus, Impulse, Impulsion
Derivative terms: Drive, Thrust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Driving Force
Literary usage of Driving force
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"driving force of a Motor.—An electric generator and an electric motor are identical
... To keep the generator running, the driving force of the engine must ..."
2. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"driving force of a Motor.—An electric generator and an electric motor arc identical
... To keep the generator running, the driving force of the engine must ..."
3. Mechanics by Lewis Raymond Smith (1922)
"Velocity ratio is the distance through which the driving force acts divided by
the distance through which the resisting force acts in the same time. ..."
4. Environmental Indicators for Agriculture by Oecd, OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (1999)
"The UN work accommodates for the social, economic, institutional and environmental
dimensions of sustainability through a driving force-State-Response ..."
5. Thermodynamics of Technical Gas-reactions: Seven Lectures by Fritz Haber (1908)
"The driving force of a chemical reaction changes continuously with the changing
composition of the reacting mixture. The nearer we approach the equilibrium ..."
6. Socioeconomic Renovation in Viet Nam: The Origin, Evolution, and Impact of by Boothroyd, Peter, Xuân Nam Phạm (2000)
"We can only obtain this step-by-step and the route is not short. Social justice
as a driving force for socioeconomic development ..."
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