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Voluntarism
- - Any theory which conceives will to be the dominant factor in experience or in the constitution of the world; -- contrasted with intellectualism. Schopenhauer and Fichte are typical exponents of the two types of metaphysical voluntarism, Schopenhauer teaching that the evolution of the universe is the activity of a blind and irrational will, Fichte holding that the intelligent activity of the ego is the fundamental fact of reality.
Vortex Line
- - A line, within a rotating fluid, whose tangent at every point is the instantaneous axis of rotation as that point of the fluid.
Vortex Ring
- - A ring-shaped mass of moving fluid which, by virtue of its motion of rotation around an axis disposed in circular form, attains a more or less distinct separation from the surrounding medium and has many of the properties of a solid.
Vouchsafing
- verb - grant in a condescending manner
Vowel Point
- noun - a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel
Vulcanising
- verb - subject to vulcanization; "vulcanized rubber"
- undergo vulcanization; "vulcanize rubber"
Vulcanizing
- verb - subject to vulcanization; "vulcanized rubber"
- undergo vulcanization; "vulcanize rubber"
Vulgarising
- verb - act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
- cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
- debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage"
Vulgarities
- noun - the quality of lacking taste and refinement