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force field
[ fawrs feeld ]
noun
- Physics. a field of any type of energy, such as gravitational, magnetic, or electric, that surrounds and affects something:
Figure 2 shows the electrical force fields surrounding the positive and negative charges that produce them.
- Chemistry. a method of calculating the amount of potential energy acting between particles, atoms, or molecules.
- (in fantasy and science fiction) a space around a planet, spacecraft, etc., in which some kind of energy or special power operates as a barrier:
The island is surrounded by a magical force field that keeps the villains safely locked up and away from the mainland.
- a particularly intense emotional or spiritual energy, charisma, aura, vibe, etc., that has the effect either of drawing others closer or of keeping them away:
It’s not always safe to self-reveal—I know when I can let down my guard, and when I need to have the force field up.
The eyes of the ancient statue glittered with an unsettling intelligence and grace, and I was captured by the force field of a powerful presence.
Word History and Origins
Origin of force field1
Example Sentences
“When you fired your arrow at the force field, you electrified a nation,” President Coin (Julianne Moore) tells her.
She had just shot her arrow at an electric force field, an apparently society-changing act of defiance.
“I like these special places that have a kind of force field,” says Dyer.
Probably had a small force-field in his pocket, Ward thought, and a pair of brass knuckles.
It had started with his experiments in Force Field 348, an experiment to observe the effects of heating a conductor in that field.
The force field enables a man to reach out and take anything he wants to, from a massive machine to a microscopic bit of matter.
It was the force field created when you destroyed Thett that threw you forward?
The microscreen was a hemispherical force field enclosing his head.
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