vis

¹

[ wees; English vis ]

noun

, Latin.

, plural vi·res [wee, -, r, eys, vahy, -reez].

1. strength; force; power.

vis.

²

abbreviation for

1. visibility.
2. visual.

Vis.

³

abbreviation for

1. Viscount.
2. Viscountess.

vis

¹

/ vɪs /

noun

1. power, force, or strength

Vis.

²

abbreviation for

1. Viscount or Viscountess

Example Sentences

A French wizard discovers his newfound sexuality vis-à-vis a magic wand that happens to be attached to him.

From The Daily Beast

Vis-a-vis writing, Exeter was the place I got interested in writing.

From The Daily Beast

But, to my eyes, that letter says everything about where Clinton stands vis a vis the rest of the Democratic Party.

From The Daily Beast

Not only on the diplomatic level— i.e., vis-a-vis Europe or Israel, but also within Palestinian society.

From The Daily Beast

He defended a “resistance economy” vis-à-vis the West and the U.S.

From The Daily Beast

Je vis M. le Baron d'Holbach environn d'une vieille femme et de deux villageois, l'un vieux comme elle et l'autre jeune.

From Project Gutenberg

The controversy of the vis viva was what was the proper definition of the measure of force.

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In the debate of the vis viva, it was assumed that in the mutual action of bodies the whole effect of the force is unchanged.

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But in this instance, that which the author calls in another passage of his work, the vis Lucilii, fell upon the hard rock.

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My fair vis-a-vis looked me now full in the face and smiled, so that a dimple in her right cheek was plainly visible.

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