driving force

Definitions

1. Impetus; a person or thing that causes, stimulates, or motivates something to happen.
2. The force that causes something to move or a physical process to occur.

Equivalents

14 more languages

العربيةسائق

Bosanskimotor

Ελληνικάκινητήρια δύναμη

Suomiliikkeellepanijamoottoritaustavoimavirike+ 1 more

Hrvatskimotor

日本語推進牽引役

Kurdîmotor

Polskisiła napędowa

Românăforță motoareforță motrice

Русскийдвижущая сила

Shqipmotor

Српскиmotor

Svenskadraglokdrivkraft

Türkçesaik

Examples

“Many authors see⟳ a digital revolution taking place⟳ today and stress⟳ that this is a driving force⟳ behind many changes in companies.”

“Every living creature has a driving force⟳ that pushes him in the direction of certain goals.”

“With the aim of moving toward our subsequent discussion of the driving forces behind mass indebtedness, however, we might take⟳ things a little further by condensing the original work's detailed breakdown into two very broad causes of individual indebtedness.”

“Sheikh Mohammed is the driving force⟳ behind the transformation of Dubai into one of the great cities of the modern world: a hub for business and tourism, and the world's gateway to the Middle East.”

“Marples, who later fled to Monaco to escape⟳ prosecution for fraud, was the driving force⟳ behind The Reshaping of British Railways report⟳ published on March⟳ 27 1963. Dr Richard Beeching [who wrote the report⟳] was just his fall⟳ guy.”

“Diffusing particles experience⟳ a drift motion in addition to random diffusion, when an external driving force⟳ is applied.”

“The total driving force⟳ is the sum of two forces: an electrical force⟳ (e.g. the negative potential in the cell tends to pull⟳ in positively charged ions) and a diffusion force⟳ (based on the concentration gradient) (fig. 3-5).”

“The ions transport⟳ through the fuel cell electrolytes under the influence⟳ of both electrical potential gradient and concentration gradient as the driving forces.”

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