vis viva
vis viva · vis vivas
The product of an object's mass and the square of its speedThe product of an object's mass and the square of its speed.
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)The product of an object's mass and the square of its speed.
Origin
From Latin, meaning "live force", coined by Gottfried W. Leibniz in order to denote a quanFrom Latin, meaning "live force", coined by Gottfried W. Leibniz in order to denote a quantity discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
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