Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. • A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn). • The generalized abstraction of this concept. • A particular form or type of force. • A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note. • An instance of a physical force. • Force understood as something of which there can be an amount. • Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing. • Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape. • Something that exerts influence. • Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness). • Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. • Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion. • A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group). • Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement. • Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether. • Synonym of police force. • The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,. • A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person. • Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning. • The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.