vis

noun

vis

noun

/vɪs/

Etymology Borrowed from Latin vīs.

1

Force; energy; might; power.

Derived terms: vis absoluta, vis activa, vis a tergo, vis comica, vis compulsiva, vis impressa, vis inertiae, vis major, vis medicatrix naturae, vis mortua, vis motrix, vis passiva, vis vitae, vis vitalis, vis viva
Related terms: vim, virial

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