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Caput mortuum Caput Ca"put (k[=a]"p[u^]t), n.; pl. Capita
(k[a^]p"[i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.]
1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or
capitulum.
2. The top or superior part of a thing.
3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of
Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
Your caputs and heads of colleges. --Lamb.
Caput mortuum. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum
after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless
residue.
Mortuaries Mortuary Mor"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Mortuaries. [LL. mortuarium.
See Mortuary, a.]
1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed
by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a
parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary
bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any
failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had
been guilty.
2. A burial place; a place for the dead.
3. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a
deadhouse; a morgue.
Mortuary Mortuary Mor"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Mortuaries. [LL. mortuarium.
See Mortuary, a.]
1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed
by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a
parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary
bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any
failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had
been guilty.
2. A burial place; a place for the dead.
3. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a
deadhouse; a morgue.
Mortuary Mortuary Mor"tu*a*ry, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf.
F. mortuaire. See Mortal.]
Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.
Mortuary urn, an urn for holding the ashes of the dead.
Mortuary urn Mortuary Mor"tu*a*ry, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf.
F. mortuaire. See Mortal.]
Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.
Mortuary urn, an urn for holding the ashes of the dead.
Vis mortua Vis 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[ae]. [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[ae] 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[ae], 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.
