vis viva

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• Viva

  ·add. ·noun The word viva, or a shout or sound made in uttering it. II. Viva ·add. ·interj Lit., (l...

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• vis

  vīs, vis, f., plur. vīres, ĭum (class. only in nom., acc. and abl. sing. and in plur.; gen. sing. ve...

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• vis

  vīs (gen.vīs, late), —, acc.vim, abl.vī, f plur.vīrēs, ium cf. ἴς, strength, force, vigor, power, ...

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• Vis

  ·noun Moral power. II. Vis ·noun Force; power. III. Vis ·noun Physical force. ...

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• Vis-a-vis

  ·adv Face to face. II. Vis-a-vis ·noun One who, or that which, is face to face with another; ·esp.,...

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• Aqua Viva

  AQUA VIVA[SORACTE] ...

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• Viva voce

  ·- By word of mouth; orally. ...

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• Vis major

  ·add. ·- A superior force which under certain circumstances is held to exempt from contract obligati...

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• vis inertiæ

  That physical property in all bodies by which they resist a power that endeavours to put them in mot...

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• vis insita

  The innate force of matter; another name for vis inertiæ. It is that by which a vessel "keeps her wa...

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