Co-ër'ci-tive1, a.
a. Serving to coerce or restrain. Without a coercitive power there can be no government. Bp. Taylor.
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Coercitive
Coercitive or coercive force2
(Magnetism), the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol.