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   Vicia faba
         n 1: Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat
               edible seeds but also as fodder [syn: {broad bean}, {broad-
               bean}, {broad-bean plant}, {English bean}, {European bean},
               {field bean}, {Vicia faba}]

English Dictionary: vox populi by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vox populi
n
  1. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
    Synonym(s): public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Vis \[d8]Vis\, n.
      1. Force; power.
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) Physical force.
            (b) Moral power.
  
      {Principle of vis viva} (Mech.), the principle that the
            difference between the aggregate work of the accelerating
            forces of a system and that of the retarding forces is
            equal to one half the vis viva accumulated or lost in the
            system while the work is being done.
  
      {Vis impressa} [L.] (Mech.), force exerted, as in moving a
            body, or changing the direction of its motion; impressed
            force.
  
      {Vis inerti[91]}. [L.]
            (a) The resistance of matter, as when a body at rest is
                  set in motion, or a body in motion is brought to rest,
                  or has its motion changed, either in direction or in
                  velocity.
            (b) Inertness; inactivity.
  
      Note: Vis interti[91] and inertia are not strictly
               synonymous. The former implies the resistance itself
               which is given, while the latter implies merely the
               property by which it is given.
  
      {Vis mortua} [L.] (Mech.), dead force; force doing no active
            work, but only producing pressure.
  
      {Vis vit[91]}, or {Vis vitalis} [L.] (Physiol.), vital force.
           
  
      {Vis viva} [L.] (Mech.), living force; the force of a body
            moving against resistance, or doing work, in distinction
            from vis mortua, or dead force; the kinetic energy of a
            moving body; the capacity of a moving body to do work by
            reason of its being in motion. See {Kinetic energy}, in
            the Note under {Energy}. The term vis viva is not usually
            understood to include that part of the kinetic energy of
            the body which is due to the vibrations of its molecules.
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