There are many ways in which forces can be manipulated. It is often easier to work with a large, complicated system of forces by reducing it to an ever decreasing number of smaller problems. This is called the resolution of forces or force systems.
- To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate.
A gelding is a castrated male horse. An uncastrated male horse is a stallion. Male horses are gelded because stallions are generally high strung and consequently often very dangerous to themselves and others. In show jumping, minors are forbidden from competing on stallions.