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vital force

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (esp in early biological theory) a hypothetical force, independent of physical and chemical forces, regarded as being the causative factor of the evolution and development of living organisms

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vital force - (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

elan vital, life force, vitality

biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"

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vital force

n → Lebenskraft f

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