Definitions for VIS
vis

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Visnoun

   force; power

2. Visnoun

   physical force

3. Visnoun

   moral power

4. Etymology: [L.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Vis

   Vis is a small Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. The farthest Island off the Croatian Coast, it has a population of 3,617 and an area of 90.26 square kilometres. The highest point is Hum, 587 metres above sea level. The islands two largest communities are town of Vis, the islands commercial port located in the east, and Komiža in the west. The Municipality of Vis, which includes the offshore islands of Budikovac and Biševo, is part of the Split-Dalmatia Regional Unit. The main industries on the island are agriculture, fishing, fish refining and tourism. The current mayor of Vis is Ivo Radica.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vis

   vis, n. force: power:—pl. Vī′res.—Vis inertiæ, inertia: sluggishness; Vis mortua, force of pressure, dead force; Vis viva, living force, equal to the mass of a moving body multiplied by the square of its velocity. [L.]

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1. ViS

   ViS provides a game-changing analytics platform for the planning of clinical trials. Pharmaceutical trials are required for the evaluation of new medicines, and ViS’ collaborative analytics radically improves cost-efficiency in the selection of research centers for trial participation.ViS provides the only interactive map of global clinical research infrastructure, which achieves two objectives: I) allows trial planners to quickly find centers and make sense of vast amounts of comparative multi-dimensional analytics, going easily from the country level down to that of the center; and II) enables the more than 400,000 globally distributed research centers to securely and efficiently showcase their technical disease-specific capabilities to trial planners, while also connecting with collaborating centers that can lead to future projects.

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1. VIS

   What does VIS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the VIS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. VIS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vis is ranked #27556 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Vis surname appeared 874 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Vis.
   
   94% or 822 total occurrences were White.
   2.6% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 16 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.9% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

How to pronounce VIS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say VIS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of VIS in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of VIS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of VIS in a Sentence

1. Nivedita Gupta:

   Our preventive measures have been very effective. We are in a much better position vis-a-vis other countries.

2. Brian Kirkell:

   I don't see brick and mortar stores seeing a big benefit from this ruling vis-a-vis their key online competitors, large online retailers who compete with the likes of Walmart and Target have already been collecting and remitting sales tax for some time now because they saw the writing on the wall.

3. Carrie Lam:

   This has proven to be very unwise given the circumstances, and this huge degree of fear and anxiety amongst people of Hong Kong vis-à-vis the mainland of China, which we were not sensitive enough to feel and grasp.

4. John Kerry:

   President (Barack) Obama is very appreciative of your leadership on the (nuclear) non-proliferation issue, for countering violent extremism, cooperation vis-a-vis Afghanistan and counter-Daesh (Islamic State), we have a very strong set of security interests.

5. Eugene Remer:

   [ Russia’s ] leaders have embraced a wide range of tools — information warfare in all its forms, including subversion, deception, dis - and misinformation, this toolkit has deep historical roots in the Soviet era and performs the function of the equalizer that in the eyes of The Kremlin is intended to make up for Russia’s weakness vis a vis the West.

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References

1. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/VIS
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=VIS
3. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=VIS
4. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vis
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html