Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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noun
A controllable form of energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, philosophy, publishing, science-fiction, sciences
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noun
A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences, ufology
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Vril.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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History
Coined by British statesman and author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the 1871 science fiction novel The Coming Race, later titled Vril, apparently as a clipping of virile.
