[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vital \vi"tal\, n.
   a vital part; one of the vitals. r.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vital \vi"tal\, a. f., fr. l. vitalis, fr. vita life; akin to
   vivere to live. see vivid.
   1. belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable;
      as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
      1913 webster

   2. contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life;
      as, vital blood.
      1913 webster

            do the heavens afford him vital food? --spenser.
      1913 webster

            and vital virtue infused, and vital warmth.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. containing life; living. "spirits that live throughout,
      vital in every part." --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. being the seat of life; being that on which life depends;
      mortal.
      1913 webster

            the dart flew on, and pierced a vital part. --pope.
      1913 webster

   5. very necessary; highly important; essential.
      1913 webster

            a competence is vital to content.     --young.
      1913 webster

   6. capable of living; in a state to live; viable. r.
      1913 webster

            pythagoras and hippocrates . . . affirm the birth of
            the seventh month to be vital.        --sir t.
                                                  browne.
      1913 webster

   vital air, oxygen gas; -- so called because essential to
      animal life. obs.

   vital capacity physiol., the breathing capacity of the
      lungs; -- expressed by the number of cubic inches of air
      which can be forcibly exhaled after a full inspiration.

   vital force. biol. see under force. the vital forces,
      according to cope, are nerve force neurism, growth force
      bathmism, and thought force phrenism, all under the
      direction and control of the vital principle. apart from
      the phenomena of consciousness, vital actions no longer
      need to be considered as of a mysterious and unfathomable
      character, nor vital force as anything other than a form
      of physical energy derived from, and convertible into,
      other well-known forces of nature.

   vital functions physiol., those functions or actions of
      the body on which life is directly dependent, as the
      circulation of the blood, digestion, etc.

   vital principle, an immaterial force, to which the
      functions peculiar to living beings are ascribed.

   vital statistics, statistics respecting the duration of
      life, and the circumstances affecting its duration.

   vital tripod. physiol. see under tripod.

   vital vessels bot., a name for latex tubes, now disused.
      see latex.
      1913 webster
see also:
vivid vital air vital capacity vital force force vital functions 
vital principle vital statistics vital tripod tripod vital vessels 
latex 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vital
     adj 1: urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element
            of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for
            a healthy society"; "of vital interest" syn: critical
     2: performing an essential function in the living body; "vital
        organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of
        vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love
        and praise" syn: life-sustaining
     3: full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and
        charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world" syn: full
        of life, lively
     4: manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living
        organism"; "vital signs"
see also:
critical life-sustaining full of life lively 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

224 moby thesaurus words for "vital":
   abiding, aboveground, acid, age-long, aged, agog, alacritous,
   alive, alive and kicking, all agog, among the living, ancient,
   animate, animated, animating, antic, antique, anxious, armipotent,
   authoritative, avid, bang, basic, bedrock, biological, biotic,
   biting, bouncing, breathing, breathless, brisk, bursting to,
   called for, capable of life, capersome, cardinal, central, chronic,
   cogent, coltish, compulsory, conscious, constant, constitutive,
   continuing, corrosive, critical, crucial, cutting, desirous,
   diuturnal, drive, driving, durable, dynamic, eager, effective,
   endowed with life, enduring, energetic, enlivened, enlivening,
   essential, evergreen, existent, exuberant, flush, focal, forceful,
   forcible, forward, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of life,
   fundamental, gamesome, gay, getup, gutsy, hale, hale and hearty,
   hardy, hearty, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure,
   high-tension, immutable, impatient, imperative, important,
   impressive, in force, in power, in the flesh, incisive, indicated,
   indispensable, inspirited, instinct with life, integral,
   intransient, inveterate, invigorating, irreducible, irreductible,
   irreplaceable, irresistible, keen, key, lasting, life-and-death,
   life-giving, life-or-death, live, lively, living, long-lasting,
   long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, lusty,
   macrobiotic, main, mandatory, material, mighty, mighty in battle,
   mordant, necessary, needed, needful, nervous, of long duration,
   of long standing, of vital importance, operative, organic,
   organized, panting, paramount, penetrating, perdurable, perduring,
   perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting,
   physiological, piercing, pivotal, playful, poignant, potent,
   powerful, prepotent, prerequisite, prompt, puissant, punchy, quick,
   quickening, raring to, ready, ready and willing, red-blooded,
   rejuvenating, remaining, required, requisite, reviving, robust,
   robustious, robustuous, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, rude,
   rugged, ruling, sempervirent, sensational, sinewed, sinewy,
   skittish, slashing, spirited, sportive, sprightly, stable,
   stalwart, staying, steadfast, stout, strenuous, striking, strong,
   sturdy, substantive, telling, tenacious of life, tough, trenchant,
   unfading, unforgoable, valid, very much alive, viable, vigorous,
   vim, vitality, vitalizing, vivacious, vivid, vivified, vivifying,
   wanted, zestful, zippy, zoetic

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

vital
     vhdl initiative toward asic libraries asic, vhdl
     
     

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

vital
     
        a semantics language using fsl, developed by mondshein in
        1967.
     
        sammet 1969, p. 641.
     
        1995-02-23
     
     
see also:
semantics fsl 

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