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  1. Vis viva

    Vis viva (from the Latin for "living force") is a historical term used to describe a quantity similar to kinetic energy in an early formulation of the principle of conservation of energy.

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  1. Vis viva

    In the history of science, vis viva is an obsolete scientific theory that served as an elementary and limited early formulation of the principle of conservation of energy. It was the first [known] description of what we now call kinetic energy or of energy related to sensible motions. Proposed by Gottfried Leibniz over the period 1676–1689, the theory was controversial as it seemed to oppose the theory of conservation of momentum advocated by Sir Isaac Newton and René Descartes. The two theories are now understood to be complementary. The theory was eventually absorbed into the modern theory of energy though the term still survives in the context of celestial mechanics through the vis viva equation.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Vis Viva

    The kinetic energy of a body in motion; "mechanical energy."

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. vis viva

    The whole effective force or power of acting which resides in a given moving body.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vis viva in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vis viva in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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