Semicoercive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Semicoercive is an adjective meaning (mathematics) Continuous and symmetric but with a nonzero kernel.
Meaning
(mathematics) Continuous and symmetric but with a nonzero kernel.
More Meanings
- Somewhat coercive; allowing only minimal free action.
Example Sentences
But nearly all the increase was attributable to bonds of state units, which were often placed in a semicoercive manner.
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include semicritical, hypocoercive, semicontinuous, elliptic, equicontinuous, symplectic.
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