VIS

Etymology 1

Noun

vis (plural vires)

Force; energy; might; power.

Etymology 2

Noun

vis

Abbreviation of viscount.

Etymology 3

Noun

vis (plural visses)

Alternative spelling of viss

Anagrams

• ISV, IVs, SIV

Etymology

Proper noun

Vis

A town on the eponymous island in the Adriatic Sea in southern Croatia. It has a population of 1,934 residents (as of 2011)

An island in Adriatic Sea.

Anagrams

• ISV, IVs, SIV

Source: Wiktionary

Vis, n.

1. Force; power.

2. (Law) (a) Physical force. (b) Moral power. Principle of vis viva (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.

– Vis impressa Etym: [L.] (Mech.), force exerted, as in moving a body, or changing the direction of its motion; impressed force.

– Vis inertiæ. Etym: [L.] (a) The resistance of matter, as when a body at rest is set in motion, or a body in motion is brought to rest, or has its motion changed, either in direction or in velocity. (b) Inertness; inactivity. Vis intertiæ and inertia are not strictly synonymous. The former implies the resistance itself which is given, while the latter implies merely the property by which it is given.

– Vis mortua Etym: [L.] (Mech.), dead force; force doing no active work, but only producing pressure.

– Vis vitæ, or Vis vitalis Etym: [L.] (Physiol.), vital force.

– Vis viva Etym: [L.] (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 under Energy. The term vis 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition