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Definition: Vital Force |
Vital ForceNoun1. (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | That volume of gas that can be expired as forcefully and rapidly as possible after maximal inspiration; the forced vital capacity is normally equal to the vital capacity. (references) |
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Synonyms: Vital ForceSynonyms: elan vital (n), life force (n), vitality (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Life | Vivification; vital force; vitalization; revivification; Prometheus; life to come. (destiny). |
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Crosswords: Vital Force |
| English words defined with "vital force": Bathmism ♦ Neurism ♦ Phrenism ♦ To run to seed ♦ Vis vitalis. (references) |
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Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Rigid and expeditious justice is the first safeguard of freedom, the basis of all ordered liberty, the vital force of progress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vital force | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "vital force"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Czech | vitální síla, životní síla (stamina, vitality). (various references) | ||||
German | lebenskraft (life force, marrow, sap, vigor, vigour, vitality). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | italvay orcefay | ||||
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| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | aion. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-l-o-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: fortalice, vectorial. | |
-2 letters: erotical, favorite, floatier, locative, loricate, trifocal, vertical, violater, vortical. | |
-3 letters: aloetic, article, calorie, cariole, caviler, clavier, coalier, erotica, evictor, floater, foliate, levator, locater, loftier, loricae, overact, overfat, overlit, recital, refloat, trefoil, valeric, variole, violate, voltaic. | |
-4 letters: active, alcove, aortic, atelic, avocet, caroli, cartel, carvel, cavort, citola, citole, citral, claret, claver, clover. | |
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