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vis mortua

vis mortua noun: dead force; force not carrying out any active work, but only producing pressure.

Noun

vis mortua

  1. Dead force; force not carrying out any active work, but only producing pressure.

Origin of vis mortua

Borrowed from Latin vīs mortua.

Questions about vis mortua

What does vis mortua mean?
Vis mortua means dead force; force not carrying out any active work, but only producing pressure.
What part of speech is vis mortua?
Vis mortua is a noun.

Words near vis mortua in the dictionary

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

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