forcing function (English, noun)
expansion: forcing function (plural forcing functions)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function in a system of differential equations that is only a function of time, unaffected by the other variables; or, more generally, any non-homogeneous source function in any variable.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An aspect of interface design that restricts a user's abilities in order to streamline completion of a task.
glosses: Any task, activity or event that forces one to take action and produce a result; impetus, impulse.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: forcing functions
tags: plural