viz.

or viz

[ viz ]

/ vɪz /

abbreviation

that is to say; namely (used especially to introduce examples, details, etc.): the two forms of energy that our society demands in enormous quantities, viz. electricity and liquid fuels.

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Origin of viz.

First recorded in 1530–40; abbreviation of videlicet, the -z representing the common medieval symbol for Latin et or -et

Words nearby viz.

vivisectionist, vivo, Vivyan, vixen, Viyella, viz., Vizagapatam, vizard, vizcacha, Vizcaíno, vizier

Example sentences from the Web for viz.

The plants belonging to this order are divided into two sections, viz.
Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon
These facts may also be well brought out by another mode of section, viz.
Jellyfish, Starfish, and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems|G. J. Romanes
There is another case not very easily reconcilable with the last, viz.
Notes and Queries, Number 225, February 18, 1854|Various
To begin with, it is true that in Japan we had the classification of the people into four, viz.
A Fantasy of Far Japan|Baron Kencho Suyematsu

If oxygen is combined with nitrogen, it produces five deadly poisons, viz.
A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar|Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

British Dictionary definitions for viz.

viz

abbreviation for

videlicet

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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