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semicoercive

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Etymology

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From semi- +‎ coercive.

Adjective

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semicoercive (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Continuous and symmetric but with a nonzero kernal.
    • 2015, Nina Ovcharova, Joachim Gwinner, “Semicoercive Variational Inequalities - From Existence to Numerical Solution of Nonmonotone Contact Problems”, in arXiv[1]:
      As a model example we consider a unilateral semicoercive contact problem with nonmonotone friction and provide numerical results for benchmark tests..
  2. Somewhat coercive; allowing only minimal free action.
    • 1967, Charles O. Lerche, Foreign Policy of the American People, page 17:
      It may either compel agreement by force — the application of coercive or semicoercive techniques — or it may win agreement from them by free consent.
    • 1975, Vinod Dubey, Yugoslavia, Development with Decentralization, →ISBN:
      But nearly all the increase was attributable to bonds of state units, which were often placed in a semicoercive manner.
    • 1976, Douglas N. Ross, The Challenge of overpopulation and food shortages:
      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.
    • 1978, Juan José Linz, The breakdown of democratic regimes:
      The question is, then, what causes a regime to move beyond its functional range to become a disrupted or semicoercive regime that ends in repudiation by large or critical segments of the population?