MV
main verb.
MV
1 American-
main verb.
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megavolt; megavolts.
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motor vessel.
mV
2
American
Mv
3
American
m.v.
4
American
abbreviation
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market value.
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mean variation.
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Music. mezza voce.
MV
1
British
abbreviation
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motor vessel
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muzzle velocity
symbol
mv
2
British
abbreviation
mv
3
British
abbreviation
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“The situation is untenable,” Virginia Barbatti, executive director of Tick Free MV, a new nonprofit group that is trying to coordinate a response, told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
More than 40 hours after a deadly ferry fire began, Philippine rescuers have boarded the charred remains of the MV June Aster in search of dozens of missing people.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
These sensors have now been retrofitted to Glen Sannox and will also be fitted on its sister ship MV Glen Rosa which is due for delivery later this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The crew of the MV Mercer Street, an oil products carrier sailing off Oman’s coast, heard a loud hum followed by an explosion in the waters behind them early on July 29, 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
As in 1934, at 1:00 p.m. a ferry—this year the MV Chippewa—departed the University of Washington’s Oceanographic Dock with a full load of students and the school’s marching band.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
This second layer is based on manganese and begins forming at about ~720 mV.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The sequential dual-passivation mechanism prevents the SS-H2 from corrosion in chloride media to an ultra-high potential of 1700 mV.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023
"However, the electrical potential began to fluctuate after raining, sometimes going over 100 mV."
From Salon ● May 9, 2023
Now, if the exterior of a neuron is taken to be at 0 V, then the interior has a resting potential of about –90 mV.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The separation of charge creates a potential difference of 70 to 90 mV across the cell membrane.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Mv speech was made at a private dinner at which the toastmaster began his remarks with the statement that no reporters were present.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mv mouth is dry, it hurts to swallow.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Dust lets go of Mv model airplane On the TV.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
“It’s a tip, I know. Mv mother was driving me insane, cleaning, tidying up after me all the time. We had a bit of a row. She hasn’t been round for a few days.”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
He’s making my baby sister mad, Because she was the one Missing a tooth, Mv fault because I was racing her around In the stroller And tipped her over Taking a corner.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
I leave America fully as happy as when I came," he elucidated, "in that mv relationship with the Negro People was most pleasant and inspiring, and I shall work forever in their behalf.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have added a codicil to mv will rescinding my legacy to be paid the Art Institute upon my death, as long as the trustees have no better sense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Martyr Family Welfare Service," where they are taught to chant: "I have broken mv chains.
From Time Magazine Archive
She introduced herself to the first person who happened along, and asked: "Can you tell me where mv office is?"
From Time Magazine Archive
When I regain mv balance and look around, I see the Wives and daughters leaning forward in their chairs, the Aunts on the platform gazing down with interest.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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