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vital force

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vital force
n
(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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Noun1.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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Nevertheless the vital force of his unknown individuality addressing him so familiarly was enough to fluster Mr.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context
I would gladly be moral and keep due metes and bounds, which I dearly love, and allow the most to the will of man; but I have set my heart on honesty in this chapter, and I can see nothing at last, in success or failure, than more or less of vital force supplied from the Eternal.
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