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HEV

American

abbreviation

hybrid electric vehicle: an automobile or other vehicle that is powered by an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor whose battery is charged by the engine and by regenerative braking that converts the vehicle's kinetic energy into electricity.

Etymology

Origin of HEV

First recorded in 1970–75 as hybrid electric vehicle

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Serra-Cobo, a member of the UB's Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, notes that "all the isolated viruses were classified within genotype 3 of HEV."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024

Moreover, pregnant women are also at risk from HEV.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

In patients with a reduced or suppressed immune system, such as organ transplant recipients or people infected with HIV, HEV can become chronic.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024

In comparison, HEV light doesn’t have those same problems.

From The Verge ● Mar. 3, 2021

"I HEV known o' fellers a bein' mistaken jes' thet way."

From Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson

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