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Definition: Vital Principle |
Vital PrincipleNoun1. A hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The maximal amount of gas that can be expelled from the lung by forceful effort after a maximal inspiration. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Vital PrincipleSynonym: life principle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Existence | Center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vital Principle |
| English words defined with "vital principle": Archeus ♦ spirit ♦ Vital force, vitalism, Vitalistic, Vitalization. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vital principle": Anima Mundi. (references) |
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | anima, animabus, animae, animam, animarum, animas, animis. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ushtanem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-i-l-l-n-p-p-r-t-v" | |
-3 letters: intervallic. | |
-4 letters: participle, penicillia, precipitin. | |
-5 letters: leviratic, pearlitic, plaintive, principal, principia, principle, reptilian, triclinia. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 69 74 61 6C      50 72 69 6E 63 69 70 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101001 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100011 01101001 01110000 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V i t a l   P r i n c i p l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0069 0074 0061 006C      0050 0072 0069 006E 0063 0069 0070 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56758667782508475806975827871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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