0 present participle of exert
1 to use something such as authority, power, influence, etc. in order to make something happen:
2 to make a mental or physical effort:
I was too tired to exert myself.
Unlike moderators (which, by definition, are baseline measures), mediators occur after random assignment, exerting their effects during the period of active intervention.
The aim was to give managements a mechanism for exerting authority over their workforces.
Demographic characteristics of also exerting their own direct influence on the communities, the availability of and satisfac- individual.
If the drawer is locked, the robot would try to open it exerting more and more force, until its force limits would be reached.
The thermal noise can be reduced or damped by exerting a restraining force on the particle.
Furthermore, employers were not merely exerting physical control over the unemployed but were also reasserting control over the dominant economic and social values.
Conversely, and under the same circumstances, a low distribution index should be taken as an indicator of the existence of centers exerting high group pressure.
In its light one might argue that religious faith of itself is rarely capable of exerting a direct influence on the development of science.