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vis | cis |

As a noun vis

is force; power.

As an adjective cis is

having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.

As an initialism CIS is

commonwealth of Independent States.

vis

English

(wikipedia vis)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) vis.

Noun

(vires)
  • Force; power.
    • Related terms
    * vim

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (visses)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    cis

    Translingual

    Noun

    (head)
  • The function \mathrm{cis}(x)=\cos x+i\sin x.
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