to coerce
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7.2
- verb
- /koʊˈɜrs/
- Specialized
:
convertir (implícitamente)
- And not just to control it, but to coerce it.
Examples
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OK, the information density being coerced out of each one of these detectors is is much higher.
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There are other possible conclusions, but they are all equally onerous to most Israelis because it is the principle of Palestinian equality that they reject, not the number of states (or "externally coerced regime change").
Blog text (9) -
How they do that, however, remains an issue that the FOIA request will have to coerce from Washington.
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There is no indication that it was coerced in any way.
Blog text (7) -
Coerce.
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The last part of the example just coerces the character vector of depths to a numeric one.
Blog text (7) -
According to some critics, there was a further reason that worldly means could not necessitate spiritual regeneration: if they could effect such a coerced conversion, what would become of individual agency and accountability?
Academic text (2006) -
Subsequent to reanimation, if Harrison's heart began to beat erratically or chaotically—fibrillation—it might be coerced into a normal rhythm by the application of an electric shock.
Fiction book (1992) -
In Python, the interpreter will automatically coerce an integer to a float when performing arithmetic with both types.
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To optimize performance, some programming languages can coerce string inputs into numeric formats without explicit conversion.
Surface Forms
Etymology
In computing, a helpful way to remember coerce is to think of the same Latin parts co- 'together' and arcere 'to shut in' so the idea is 'forcing' a value into a new 'shape' or type. So to coerce a value is to make it become a different type, like turning the string '5' into the number 5.