English Dictionary: vitals | by the DICT Development Group |
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Vital \Vi"tal\, a. [F., fr. L. vitalis, fr. vita life; akin to vivere to live. See {Vivid}.] 1. Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions. 2. Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood. Do the heavens afford him vital food? --Spenser. And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth. --Milton. 3. Containing life; living. [bd]Spirits that live throughout, vital in every part.[b8] --Milton. 4. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal. The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part. --Pope. 5. Very necessary; highly important; essential. A competence is vital to content. --Young. 6. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. [R.] Pythagoras and Hippocrates . . . affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital. --Sir T. Browne. {Vital air}, oxygen gas; -- so called because essential to animal life. [Obs.] {Vital capacity} (Physiol.), the breathing capacity of the lungs; -- expressed by the number of cubic inches of air which can be forcibly exhaled after a full inspiration. {Vital force}. (Biol.) See under {Force}. The vital forces, according to Cope, are nerve force (neurism), growth force (bathmism), and thought force (phrenism), all under the direction and control of the vital principle. Apart from the phenomena of consciousness, vital actions no longer need to be considered as of a mysterious and unfathomable character, nor vital force as anything other than a form of physical energy derived from, and convertible into, other well-known forces of nature. {Vital functions} (Physiol.), those functions or actions of the body on which life is directly dependent, as the circulation of the blood, digestion, etc. {Vital principle}, an immaterial force, to which the functions peculiar to living beings are ascribed. {Vital statistics}, statistics respecting the duration of life, and the circumstances affecting its duration. {Vital tripod}. (Physiol.) See under {Tripod}. {Vital vessels} (Bot.), a name for latex tubes, now disused. See {Latex}. | |
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Vital \Vi"tal\, a. [F., fr. L. vitalis, fr. vita life; akin to vivere to live. See {Vivid}.] 1. Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions. 2. Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood. Do the heavens afford him vital food? --Spenser. And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth. --Milton. 3. Containing life; living. [bd]Spirits that live throughout, vital in every part.[b8] --Milton. 4. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal. The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part. --Pope. 5. Very necessary; highly important; essential. A competence is vital to content. --Young. 6. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. [R.] Pythagoras and Hippocrates . . . affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital. --Sir T. Browne. {Vital air}, oxygen gas; -- so called because essential to animal life. [Obs.] {Vital capacity} (Physiol.), the breathing capacity of the lungs; -- expressed by the number of cubic inches of air which can be forcibly exhaled after a full inspiration. {Vital force}. (Biol.) See under {Force}. The vital forces, according to Cope, are nerve force (neurism), growth force (bathmism), and thought force (phrenism), all under the direction and control of the vital principle. Apart from the phenomena of consciousness, vital actions no longer need to be considered as of a mysterious and unfathomable character, nor vital force as anything other than a form of physical energy derived from, and convertible into, other well-known forces of nature. {Vital functions} (Physiol.), those functions or actions of the body on which life is directly dependent, as the circulation of the blood, digestion, etc. {Vital principle}, an immaterial force, to which the functions peculiar to living beings are ascribed. {Vital statistics}, statistics respecting the duration of life, and the circumstances affecting its duration. {Vital tripod}. (Physiol.) See under {Tripod}. {Vital vessels} (Bot.), a name for latex tubes, now disused. See {Latex}. | |
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Vitalic \Vi*tal"ic\, a. Pertaining to life; vital. [R.] | |
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Vitalism \Vi"tal*ism\, n. (Biol.) The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces. | |
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Vitalist \Vi`tal*ist\, n. (Biol.) A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist. | |
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Vitalistic \Vi`tal*is"tic\, a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle. | |
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Vitalization \Vi`tal*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of vitalizing, or infusing the vital principle. | |
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Vitalize \Vi"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vitalizing}.] [Cf. F. vitaliser.] To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood. | |
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Vitalize \Vi"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vitalizing}.] [Cf. F. vitaliser.] To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood. | |
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Vitalize \Vi"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vitalizing}.] [Cf. F. vitaliser.] To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood. | |
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Vitals \Vi"tals\, n. pl. 1. Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain. 2. Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state. [bd]The vitals of the public body.[b8] --Glanvill. | |
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Vitelligenous \Vit`el*lig"e*nous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova. | |
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Vitellogene \Vi*tel"lo*gene\, n. [See {Vitellus}, and {-gen}.] (Zo[94]l.) A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) An industry {standard}s organisation created in 1989 or 1990 mostly(?) concerned with {IBM} compatible {personal computer}s. The first standard it created was the 800 x 600 pixel {Super VGA} (SVGA) display and its software interface. It also defined the {VESA Local Bus} (VLB). See also {PCI}. {Home (http://www.vesa.org/)}. (1995-11-16) |