vriln.
A mysterious force imagined as having been discovered by the people described in one of Lytton's novels.
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1871 E. Bulwer-Lytton Coming Race vii. 47 These people consider that in vril they have arrived at the unity in natural energic agencies, which has been conjectured by many philosophers.
1884 Harper's Mag. Dec. 154/2 Just as..Tish saw the Ana voyaging in their vril-cars over the mountains and the valleys.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Dec. 4/1 If so,..we are within hailing distance of the discovery of vril.
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