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vis viva

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
vis -vi-va
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The product of an object's mass and the square of its speed.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin, meaning "live force", coined by Gottfried W. Leibniz in order to denote a quantity discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

Usage

Phrases

vis viva equation vital force life force

Frequently Paired Words

vital force vitality E=mc² life force

Antonyms

vis mortua

Questions

What does vis viva mean?
The product of an object's mass and the square of its speed.
Where does vis viva come from?
From Latin, meaning "live force", coined by Gottfried W. Leibniz in order to denote a quantity discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

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