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generalized force [′jen·rə‚līzd ′fȯrs]

(mechanics)

The generalized force corresponding to a generalized coordinate is the ratio of the virtual work done in an infinitesimal virtual displacement, which alters that coordinate and no other, to the change in the coordinate.

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