The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FORCES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Push and pull, in physics crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FORCES | 100 % | 6 |
Why may FORCES be the right solution?
In physics, forces are interactions that cause an object to accelerate. Pushing and pulling are common examples of forces, making "FORCES" the correct answer.
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Crossword Answer definitions
FORCES noun- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- 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)
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
- The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
- 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.
- Legal validity.
- Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- To violate (a woman); to rape.
- To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
- To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
- To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
- To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
- A waterfall or cascade.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- Troops (plural only).
- The orchestral instrumentation (and voices) used in a musical production (nearly always used in plural form only).
- (law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary.
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