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vis major

vis major noun: a greater force; an act of God; an unavoidable accident.

Noun

vis major (uncountable)

  1. A greater force; an act of God; an unavoidable accident.

vis major meaning in Tamil

vis major in Tamil

வன் பேராற்றல்

Origin of vis major

Learned borrowing from Latin vīs maior.

Questions about vis major

What does vis major mean?
Vis major means a greater force; an act of God; an unavoidable accident.
What is vis major in Tamil?
Vis major in Tamil is வன் பேராற்றல். See Vis major meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vis major?
Vis major is a noun.

Words near vis major in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vis major (page history and authors); vis major (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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