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    v
    abbreviation
  • V
    V
    noun
    the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  • v.
    v.
    abbreviation
    see.
  • V.
    V.
    abbreviation
    see.
Synonyms

v

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. variable.

  2. velocity.

  3. vicinal.

  4. victory.

  5. Electricity. volt; volts.


V 2 American  
[vee] / vi /
Or v

noun

V's, plural Vs, plural v's, plural vs plural
  1. the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter V or v, as in victor, flivver, or shove.

  3. something having the form of a V .

  4. a written or printed representation of the letter V or v.

  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter V or v.


V 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Mathematics. vector.

  2. Mechanics. velocity.

  3. verb.

  4. victory.

  5. Electricity. volt; volts.

  6. vowel.


V 4 American  
Symbol.
  1. the 22nd in order or in a series.

  2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for five.

  3. Chemistry. vanadium.

  4. Biochemistry. valine.

  5. Physics. electric potential.

  6. (especially during World War II) the symbol of Allied victory.


v. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. see.


v. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. valve.

  2. (in personal names) van.

  3. vector.

  4. vein.

  5. ventral.

  6. verb.

  7. verse.

  8. version.

  9. verso.

  10. versus.

  11. very.

  12. vicar.

  13. vice.

  14. village.

  15. violin.

  16. vision.

  17. vocative.

  18. voice.

  19. volt.

  20. voltage.

  21. volume.

  22. (in personal names) von.


V. 7 American  

abbreviation

  1. see.


V. 8 American  

abbreviation

  1. valve.

  2. Venerable.

  3. verb.

  4. verse.

  5. version.

  6. versus.

  7. very.

  8. Vicar.

  9. vice.

  10. Village.

  11. violin.

  12. Virgin.

  13. Viscount.

  14. vision.

  15. visual acuity.

  16. vocative.

  17. volume.


v. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. verb

  2. verse

  3. version

  4. verso

  5. (usually italic) versus

  6. very

  7. vide

  8. vocative

  9. volume

  10. von

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V 2 British  

symbol

  1. (in transformational grammar) verb

  2. volume (capacity)

  3. volt

  4. chem vanadium

  5. luminous efficiency

  6. victory

  7. five See Roman numerals

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abbreviation

  1. Vatican City (international car registration)

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v 3 British  
/ viː /

noun

  1. the 22nd letter and 17th consonant of the modern English alphabet

  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiced labio-dental fricative, as in vote

    1. something shaped like a V

    2. ( in combination ) See also V-sign

      a V neck

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V. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Venerable

  2. (in titles) Very

  3. (in titles) Vice

  4. Viscount

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v 5 British  

symbol

  1. physics velocity

  2. specific volume (of a gas)

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Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of v.5

From the Latin word vidē

Origin of V.7

From the Latin word vidē

Example Sentences

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The process n → p + e− + v- e has a longer lifetime of 882 s.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Thus, in β decay, an antielectron's neutrino v- e must be created with Le = −1 when an electron with Le =+1 is created, so that the total remains 0 as it was before decay.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

We know that v- = 30.0 m/s ; treaction = 0.500 s ; areaction = 0 .

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The equation x = x0 + v- t gives insight into the relationship between displacement, average velocity, and time.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

But this cruell Lawe of Solon, doeth repugne all lawes, stabli- The lawe v- niuersall and equall to all menne. shed in all Citees and common wealthes.

From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard

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