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IdiomsSeevis-à-visVisenUK
Vis (vēs), Gr. Issa, Ital. Lissa, island, 35 sq mi (91 sq km), Croatia, off the Dalmatian coast in the Adriatic. A popular resort, its chief industries are fishing, citrus farming, and wine making. Its chief town, also named Vis, is a picturesque village on the north coast. Ancient Issa was a Greek colony from the 4th cent. B.C. and later prospered under the Romans. From 996 to 1797 it was a Venetian possession, and in the Napoleonic Wars (1803–15) it changed hands among the Austrians, the French, and the British. From the Congress of Vienna (1815) until 1918 the island belonged to Hungary. Two important naval battles occurred off Vis: in 1811, the British won a victory over the French, and in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 the Austrians under Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff thoroughly defeated the Italian fleet. There are many ancient remains on the island, notably Roman baths, mosaic pavements, and several old Roman Catholic and Orthodox Eastern churches.Vis an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the group of Dalmatian Islands, belonging to Yugoslavia. Area, 90.3 sq km; population, about 7,000 (1961). The island is composed of chalky limestones. Its relief is a strongly karsted plateau reaching 587 m in altitude in the west. The average January temperature is about 19° C and that of July is 24° C. Precipitation is about 560 mm a year. Vis is covered with evergreen oak forests and shrubs. There is viticulture and sea fishing. The town of Vis is in the north. vis, vice, viseA spiral staircase generally of stone, whose steps wind around a central shaft or newel; a screw stair.VIS(1) (Voice Information Service) A variety of voice processing service applications.
(2) (Visible Image Size) The actual viewing area on a CRT. In the late 1990s, the CRT industry had an honesty attack and began to provide the actual viewing size along with the overall designation (14", 15", 17" etc.) which had always been slightly exaggerated. See viewable image.visenUK
vis, pl. vi·res (vis, vī'rēs), Force, energy, or power. [L. force] vis (vĭs) plural.vires [L., strength] Force, strength, energy, power.VIS
VIS[Latin, Force or violence.] A term employed in many legal phrases and maxims, such as vis injuriosa, "wrongful force." VIS. A Latin word which signifies force. In law it means any kind of force, violence, or disturbance, relating to a man's person or his property. FinancialSeeVUVIS
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VIS➣Visitor | VIS➣Vista (US Postal service standard street suffix) | VIS➣Vaccine Information Statement | VIS➣Visibility | VIS➣Vatican Information Service (Catholic news) | VIS➣Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (International Volunteers for Development) | VIS➣Vivienda de Interés Social (Colombia) | VIS➣Vehicle Inspection Service | VIS➣Visual Imaging System (US DoD) | VIS➣Variable Induction System | VIS➣Vlbi Interface Specification | VIS➣Video Short-Term | VIS➣Virtual Instruments | VIS➣Virus Scanner | VIS➣Visualization | VIS➣Viewable Image Size | VIS➣Variable Intake System | VIS➣Verisign Information Services | VIS➣Volt Information Sciences (various locations) | VIS➣Victim Impact Statement (criminal justice system) | VIS➣Victorian Institute of Sport (Australia) | VIS➣Vienna International School | VIS➣Viewable Image Size (monitors) | VIS➣Verification Information System (immigration) | VIS➣Vísceras (Portugese) | VIS➣Visible Imaging System | VIS➣Vibration Isolation System | VIS➣Video Information System | VIS➣Voice Information System | VIS➣Vessel Identification System | VIS➣Visual Information Specialist | VIS➣Virtual Instruction Set | VIS➣Visalia, CA, USA - Visalia Municipal Airport (Airport Code) | VIS➣Vlaamse Innovatie Samenwerkingsverbanden (Dutch: Flemish Innovation Partnership; Belgium) | VIS➣Visual/Visible | VIS➣Vehicular Intercom System | VIS➣IEEE Visualization Conferences | VIS➣Viridian Envirosolutions Ltd (UK) | VIS➣Visible Image Size (video monitors) | VIS➣Verein der Informatikstudierenden an der eth Zürich (Swiss) | VIS➣Virus Security Institute | VIS➣Vertical Incidence Sounder | VIS➣Vehicular Information System | VIS➣Vehicle Inspection Standards | VIS➣Voice Intermediate School (Toronto, ON, Canada) | VIS➣Virtual Intelligent Sensor | VIS➣Lowest Selectable Airspeed |
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