Vital




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Vital \Vi"tal\, n.
A vital part; one of the vitals. [R.]
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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.
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2. Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life;
as, vital blood.
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Do the heavens afford him vital food? --Spenser.
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And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth.
--Milton.
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3. Containing life; living. "Spirits that live throughout,
vital in every part." --Milton.
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4. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends;
mortal.
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The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part. --Pope.
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5. Very necessary; highly important; essential.
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A competence is vital to content. --Young.
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6. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. [R.]
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Pythagoras and Hippocrates . . . affirm the birth of
the seventh month to be vital. --Sir T.
Browne.
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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
adj 1: urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical
element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital
for a healthy society"; "of vital interest" [syn:
critical, vital]

2: performing an essential function in the living body; "vital
organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital
heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"
[syn: vital, life-sustaining]

3: full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and
charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world" [syn: {full of
life}, lively, vital]

4: manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living
organism"; "vital signs"
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VITAL

A semantics language using FSL, developed by Mondshein in

1967.

[Sammet 1969, p. 641].

(1995-02-23)

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VITAL
VHDL Initiative Toward ASIC Libraries (ASIC, VHDL)

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vital [vaitl]
entscheidend; grundlegend; wesentlich

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vital

alapvetô
eleven
fatális
halálos
igenlényeges
lényeges
létfontosságú
visszavonhatatlan
vitális
élet-
életadó
életbevágó
élethezszükséges
élettelteli
éltetô
élénk
élô


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vital [vaitl]
vitaal
levenskrachtig; vitaal

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vital

entscheidend; wesentlich; grundlegend adj
vital

lebenswichtig adj
vital

lebendig; vital; kraftvoll adj
vital

wesentlich; ausschlaggebend adj
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vital
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224 Moby Thesaurus words for "vital":
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unfading, unforgoable, valid, very much alive, viable, vigorous,
vim, vitality, vitalizing, vivacious, vivid, vivified, vivifying,
wanted, zestful, zippy, zoetic



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