Definition of Nisus. Meaning of Nisus. Synonyms of Nisus

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Definition of Nisus

Nisus
Nisus Ni"sus, n. [L., fr. niti, p. p. nisus, to strive.] A striving; an effort; a conatus. A nisus or energizing towards a presented object. --Hickok.
Nisus
Nisus Ni"sus, n. (Physiol.) (a) The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc. (b) The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate feces or urine.

Meaning of Nisus from wikipedia

- Look up nisus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nisus or Nisos may refer to: Nisus of Nisus and Euryalus, son of Hyrtacus, friend of Euryalus, in Virgil's...
- continued on. Although Nisus and Euryalus are inseparable as a pair in the narrative, each is given a distinct characterization. Nisus is the elder, more...
- from the Latin accipiter, meaning 'hawk', and nisus, the sparrowhawk. According to Gr**** mythology Nisus, the king of Megara, was turned into a sparrowhawk...
- In Gr**** mythology, Nisus (Ancient Gr****: Νῖσος, romanized: Nîsos) may refer to the following personages: Nisus or Silenus, foster father of Dionysus...
- Nisu may refer to: Pulla, Finnish pastry Nisu language, ethnic sub group in Yunnan China This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title...
- Nisus Writer (known as just Nisus from 1989 to 1993) is a word processor program for Apple Macs, made by California-based Nisus Software, Inc. The program...
- Nisu (Southern Yi) is a language cluster spoken by half a million Yi people of China. It is one of six Yi languages recognized by the government of China...
- Ariadne, Minos' lovestruck daughter. Minos was also part of the King Nisus story. Nisus was King of Megara and was invincible as long as a lock of crimson...
- King Nisus. Scylla's mother was possibly Abrota, daughter of King Onchestus. She was the sister to Eurynome and Iphinoe. As the story goes, Nisus possessed...
- the preceding L class, capable of higher speed. Originally to be called Nisus, Noble was renamed before being launched in 1915. Joining the Twelfth Destroyer...