--- title: Forcing function slug: forcing-function qid: snapshot: enwiki-001351497710 content_hash: license: CC BY-SA 4.0 source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351497710 tags: [23118434, 3564997, 3566086, 4410601] --- # Forcing function > [!note] Provenance > Snapshot `enwiki-001351497710` · content root `…` > Derived from · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 Forcing function can mean: * In differential calculus, a function that appears in the equations and is only a function of time, and not of any of the other variables. * In differential calculus as applied in climate science, radiative forcing * In interaction design, a behavior-shaping constraint, a means of preventing undesirable user input usually made by mistake. Forcing function can mean: In differential calculus, a function that appears in the equations and is only a function of time, and not of any of the other variables. In differential calculus as applied in climate science, radiative forcing In interaction design, a behavior-shaping constraint, a means of preventing undesirable user input usually made by mistake.