Meaning of semicoercive | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Continuous and symmetric but with a nonzero kernel.
   not-comparable
2. Somewhat coercive; allowing only minimal free action.
   not-comparable

Examples

“As a model⟳ example we consider⟳ a unilateral semicoercive contact⟳ problem with nonmonotone friction and provide⟳ numerical results for benchmark tests..”

“It may either compel agreement by force⟳ — the application of coercive or semicoercive techniques — or it may win⟳ agreement from them by free consent.”

“But nearly all the increase⟳ was attributable to bonds of state units, which were often placed in a semicoercive manner.”

“They have⟳ also taken a number⟳ of initiatives which are coercive, or semicoercive, measures as far as denying ration books for more than a certain number⟳ of children.”

“The question⟳ is, then, what causes a regime to move⟳ beyond its functional range to become⟳ a disrupted or semicoercive regime that ends in repudiation by large or critical segments of the population?”

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