driving force

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driving force

noun driving forces

  1. Impetus; a person or thing that causes, stimulates, or motivates something to happen. Many authors see a digital revolution taking place today and stress that this is a driving force behind many changes in companies.

    Similar: spearhead

  2. The force that causes something to move or a physical process to occur. Diffusing particles experience a drift motion in addition to random diffusion, when an external driving force is applied.

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noun driving force

Españolmotor, fuerza motriz, impulsor
Françaismoteur, force motrice
Deutschtreibende Kraft, Spiritus Rector
Ελληνικάκινητήρια δύναμη kinitíria dýnami
Românăforță motoare, forță motrice
Русскийдви́жущая си́ла dvížuščaja síla

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@misc{driving_force_2026,
  title = {driving force},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/driving%20force},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}