forcing function
The English word “forcing function” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- An aspect of interface design that restricts a user's abilities in order to streamline completion of a task.
- Any task, activity or event that forces one to take action and produce a result; impetus, impulse.
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