How to pronounce “forcing function”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (mathematics) 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.
• (graphical user interface) An aspect of interface design that restricts a user's abilities in order to streamline completion of a task.
• (by extension) Any task, activity or event that forces one to take action and produce a result; impetus, impulse.

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