Force (disambiguation)

In physics, force is what, when unopposed, changes the motion of an object.

For "The Force" with the definite article, see The Force (disambiguation).

Force is also a dialectal term for a "waterfall".

Force or forces may also refer to:

Places

• Force, Marche, a municipality in Ascoli Piceno, Italy
• Forcé, Mayenne, France; a commune
• Force, Pennsylvania, 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 (born 1949), family patriarch; father of four daughters, three of whom are or have been racers themselves:
    • Ashley Force Hood (born 1982)
    • Brittany Force (born 1986)
    • Courtney Force (born 1988)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Force (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics Iron Man titles
• Major Force, 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
• 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), a magician's technique sometimes called a "force"
• Sonic Forces, a video game

Law, policing, and military

• Force (law), unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Forces, the armed forces collectively of a nation's military
  • Security forces, the name of the armed forces in some nations
• The force, the police force of a particular jurisdiction

Mathematics and science

• Brute force method, proof by exhaustion in mathematics
• Fundamental force, an interaction between particles that cannot be explained by other interactions

Sports

Teams

• Cleveland Force (disambiguation), defunct indoor soccer teams based in Northeast Ohio
• Georgia Force, 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, 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 Formula One team
• Force play, 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
• Force Motors, an Indian automotive company
• Force-feeding, 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, a power in the Star Wars franchise

See also

• Armed forces (disambiguation)
• Brute force (disambiguation)
• Elite Force (disambiguation)
• Energy (disambiguation)
• Force 1 (disambiguation)
• Force 10 (disambiguation)
• Force B (disambiguation)
• Force Commander (disambiguation)
• Force field (disambiguation)
• Force majeure (disambiguation)
• Force of Nature (disambiguation)
• Force One (disambiguation)
• Force XXI (disambiguation)
• Forcing (disambiguation)
• Physical force (disambiguation)
• Special forces (disambiguation)
• Taskforce (disambiguation)
• X force (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Force