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vis impressa

vis impressa noun: force exerted, as in moving a body, or changing the direction of its motion; impressed force.

Noun

vis impressa

  1. Force exerted, as in moving a body, or changing the direction of its motion; impressed force.

Origin of vis impressa

Borrowed from Latin vīs impressa.

Questions about vis impressa

What does vis impressa mean?
Vis impressa means force exerted, as in moving a body, or changing the direction of its motion; impressed force.
What part of speech is vis impressa?
Vis impressa is a noun.

Words near vis impressa in the dictionary

  1. vis a tergo
  2. vis absoluta
  3. vis activa
  4. vis comica
  5. vis compulsiva
  6. vis impressa
  7. vis inertiae
  8. vis major
  9. vis medicatrix naturae
  10. vis mortua
  11. vis motrix

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