An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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In → Lagrangian dynamics, forces related to → generalized coordinates. For any system with n generalized coordinates q_i (i = 1, ..., n), generalized forces are expressed by F_i = ∂L/∂q_i, where L is the → Lagrangian function.

→ generalized; → force.