Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Force; power.
- noun Physical force.
- noun Moral power.
- noun (Mech.) the principle that the difference between the aggregate work of the accelerating forces of a system and that of the retarding forces is equal to one half the
vis viva accumulated or lost in the system while the work is being done. - noun (Mech.) force exerted, as in moving a body, or changing the direction of its motion; impressed force.
- noun Inertness; inactivity.
- noun (Mech.) dead force; force doing no active work, but only producing pressure.
- noun (Physiol.) vital force.
- noun (Mech.) living force; the force of a body moving against resistance, or doing work, in distinction from
vis mortua , or dead force; the kinetic energy of a moving body; the capacity of a moving body to do work by reason of its being in motion. See Kinetic energy, in the Note underEnergy . The termvis viva is not usually understood to include that part of the kinetic energy of the body which is due to the vibrations of its molecules.
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Examples
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I'm not sure if D ever mentioned this to you, but the tiny island of Vis is just a ferry away from Split, and from there you can take a boat to see the blue cave on the island of Bisevo.
We Apologize for the Inconvenience Heather McDougal 2008
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Dr. Doimi's people have lived for many years on this island -- his father was mayor of the capital, which is also called Vis, for half a century -- and now they have become so acclimatized that, as he told me, three of his four nephews prefer to call themselves Yugoslavs.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917
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There's a little village called Visé near the Dutch frontier; some old chap got fooling there with a fowling-piece; and they've wiped it out.
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"At the start of the trial we were portrayed as these vicious barbarians who had no respect for human lives and drove around planting bombs everywhere," testified Gerhardus "Vis" Visagie.
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LV_Modify (LV_GetCount (), "Vis"); goto last position return
AutoHotkey Community 2010
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LV_Modify (LV_GetCount (), "Vis"); goto last position return
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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Jake's mission is to learn the Na'Vis 'ways of life and feed the info back to the humans off-planet.
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LV_Modify (0, "Vis") loop, % seachingfolderx%\*,2 if % ProcAnimFlag% = 0 return if (sfl = 0)
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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LV_Modify (LV_GetCount (), "Vis"); goto last position
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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Reuters Ronald Van Der Vis, chief executive of fashion retailer Esprit Holdings, at a news conference presenting the company's annual results in Hong Kong on Thursday.
Esprit to Abandon North America After 98% Profit Fall Chester Yung 2011
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