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 Liv·ing a.
 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.  Opposed to dead.
 2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. “ Living hope. ”
 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. “Living light.”
 5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
    Then on the living coals wine they pour.   --Dryden.
 Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
 Living gale Naut., a heavy gale.
 Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. “ I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock.” --Moore.
 The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.

 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 inertiae. [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 intertiae 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 vitae, 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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