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V, v

  [vee] ,
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–noun, plural V's or Vs, v's or vs.
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.
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V

 
1. vagabond.
2. Mathematics. vector.
3. velocity.
4. verb.
5. victory.
6. Electricity. volt; volts.
7. vowel.

V

 
Symbol.
1. the 22nd in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 21st.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for five. Compare Roman numerals.
3. Chemistry. vanadium.
4. Biochemistry. valine.
5. Physics. electric potential.
6. (esp. during World War II) the symbol of Allied victory.

v

 
1. variable.
2. velocity.
3. vicinal.
4. victory.
5. Electricity. volt; volts.

V.

 
1. valve.
2. Venerable.
3. verb.
4. verse.
5. version.
6. versus.
7. very.
8. Vicar.
9. vice.
10. see. Origin:
< L vidē
11. Village.
12. violin.
13. Virgin.
14. Viscount.
15. vision.
16. visual acuity.
17. vocative.
18. volume.

v.

 
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. see. Origin:
< L vidē
15. village.
16. violin.
17. vision.
18. vocative.
19. voice.
20. volt.
21. voltage.
22. volume.
23. (in personal names) von.

ver⋅sus

  [vur-suhs, -suhz]
–preposition
1. against (used esp. to indicate an action brought by one party against another in a court of law, or to denote competing teams or players in a sports contest): Smith versus Jones; Army versus Navy.
2. as compared to or as one of two choices; in contrast with: traveling by plane versus traveling by train. Abbreviation: v., vs.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L: towards, i.e., turned so as to face (something), opposite, over against, orig. ptp. of vertere to turn; see verse

visual acuity

 
–noun Ophthalmology.
acuteness of the vision as determined by a comparison with the normal ability to define certain letters at a given distance, usually 20 ft. (6 m). Abbreviation: V.
Origin:
1885–90

volt

1  [vohlt] ,
–noun Electricity.
the SI unit of potential difference and electromotive force, formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V
Origin:
1870–75; named after A. Volta
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potential difference  
n.   Symbol V
The amount of energy per unit charge needed to move a charged particle from a reference point to a designated point in a static electric field; voltage. Also called potential.
v or V   (vē)   
n.   pl. v's or V's also vs or Vs

  1. The 22nd letter of the modern English alphabet.

  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter v.

  3. The 22nd in a series.

  4. Something shaped like the letter V.

V 1  

  1. The symbol for the element vanadium.

  2. Electricity The symbol for potential difference.

  3. also v The symbol for the Roman numeral 5.

V 2  
abbr.  

  1. velocity

  2. victory

  3. vocative

  4. volt

  5. volume

  6. vowel

va·na·di·um   (və-nā'dē-əm)   
n.   Symbol V
A bright white, soft, ductile metallic element found in several minerals, notably vanadinite and carnotite, having good structural strength and used in rust-resistant high-speed tools, as a carbon stabilizer in some steels, as a titanium-steel bonding agent, and as a catalyst. Atomic number 23; atomic weight 50.942; melting point 1,890°C; boiling point 3,000°C; specific gravity 6.11; valence 2, 3, 4, 5. See Table at element.

[From Old Norse Vanadīs, the goddess Freya; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.]
verb   (vûrb)   
n.  

  1. Abbr. V or vb.

    1. The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence in most languages.

    2. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, as be, run, or conceive.

  2. A phrase or other construction used as a verb.


[Middle English verbe, from Old French, from Latin verbum, word, verb (translation of Greek rhēma, word, verb); see wer-5 in Indo-European roots.]
volt 1   (vōlt)   
n.   Abbr. V
The International System unit of electric potential and electromotive force, equal to the difference of electric potential between two points on a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one ampere when the power dissipated between the points is one watt. See Table at measurement.

[After Count Alessandro Volta.]
vol·ume   (vŏl'yōōm, -yəm)   
n.  

    1. A collection of written or printed sheets bound together; a book.

    2. One of the books of a work printed and bound in more than one book.

    3. A series of issues of a periodical, usually covering one calendar year.

    4. A unit of written material assembled together and cataloged in a library.

    5. The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space, expressed in cubic units.

    6. The capacity of such a region or of a specified container, expressed in cubic units.

    7. Amount; quantity: a low volume of business; a considerable volume of lumber.

    8. A large amount. Often used in the plural: volumes of praise.

    9. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.

    10. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.

  2. A roll of parchment; a scroll.

  3. Abbr. V

    1. The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space, expressed in cubic units.

    2. The capacity of such a region or of a specified container, expressed in cubic units.

    3. Amount; quantity: a low volume of business; a considerable volume of lumber.

    4. A large amount. Often used in the plural: volumes of praise.

    5. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.

    6. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.

    1. Amount; quantity: a low volume of business; a considerable volume of lumber.

    2. A large amount. Often used in the plural: volumes of praise.

    3. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.

    4. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.

    1. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.

    2. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin volūmen, roll of writing, from volvere, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Cultural Dictionary

volt [(vohlt)]

The unit of electromotive force, the volt measures how much “pressure” there is in an electric circuit. The higher the voltage, the more electrical current will flow in the circuit.

Note: Ordinary household outlets are usually rated at 115 volts, car batteries at 12 volts, and flashlight batteries at 1.5 volts.
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Word Origin & History

V 
In M.E., -u- and -v- were used interchangeably, though with a preference for v- as the initial letter (vnder, vain, etc.) and -u- elsewhere (full, euer, etc.). The distinction into consonant and vowel identities was established in Eng. by 1630, under influence of continental printers, but into 19c. some dictionaries and other catalogues continued to list -u- and -v- words as a single series. No native Anglo-Saxon words begin in v- except those (vane, vat, vixen) altered by the southwestern England habit of replacing initial f- with v- (and initial s- with z-). Confusion of -v- and -w- was also a characteristic of 16c. Cockney accents. In Ger. rocket weapons systems of WWII, it stood for Vergeltungswaffe "reprisal weapon." V-eight as a type of motor engine is recorded from 1930 (V-engine is attested from 1924), so called for the arrangement. The V for "victory" hand sign was conceived Jan. 1941 by Belgian politician and resistance leader Victor de Laveleye, to signify Fr. victorie and Flem. vrijheid ("freedom"). It was broadcast into Europe by Radio België/Radio Belgique and popularized by the BBC by June 1941, from which time it became a universal allied gesture.

versus 
1447, in legal case names, denoting action of one party against another, from L. versus "turned toward or against," from pp. of vertere "to turn," from PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," from base *wer- "to turn, bend" (cf. O.E. -weard "toward," originally "turned toward," weorthan "to befall," wyrd "fate, destiny," lit. "what befalls one;" Skt. vartate "turns round, rolls;" Avestan varet- "to turn;" L. vertere (freq. versare) "to turn;" O.C.S. vruteti "to turn, roll," Rus. vreteno "spindle, distaff;" Lith. verciu "to turn;" Gk. rhatane "stirrer, ladle;" Ger. werden, O.E. weorðan "to become," for sense, cf. "to turn into;" Welsh gwerthyd "spindle, distaff;" O.Ir. frith "against").

volt 
unit of electromotive force, 1873, back-formation from adj. voltaic (1813), designating electricity produced by chemical action, formed in allusion to It. physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), who perfected a chemical process used in electrical batteries. Voltage is first attested 1890.
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Financial Dictionary

V

A Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that it is when-issued or when-distributed.

Investopedia Commentary

Nasdaq-listed securities have four or five characters. If a fifth letter appears, it identifies the issue as other than a single issue of common stock or capital stock.

See also: Nasdaq, Stock Symbol, When Issued (WI)

Also spelled: V

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Main Entry: v.
Function: abbreviation
versus
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: V
Function: abbreviation
volt

Main Entry: V
Function: symbol
vanadium

Main Entry: visual acuity
Function: noun
: the relative ability of the visual organ to resolve detail that is usually expressed as the reciprocal of the minimum angularseparation in minutes of two lines just resolvable as separate and that forms in the average human eye an angle of one minute —compare MINIMUM SEPARABLE, MINIMUM VISIBLE

Main Entry: volt
Pronunciation: 'vOlt
Function: noun
1 : the practical mks unit of electrical potential difference and electromotive force equal tothe difference of potential between two points in a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one ampere when the power dissipated between these two points is equal to one watt and equivalent tothe potential difference across a resistance of one ohm when one ampere is flowing through it
2 : a unit of electrical potential difference and electromotive force equal to 1.00034volts and formerly taken as the standard in the U.S.
Voláta /'vol-tä/, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827), Italian physicist. Volta servedas professor of physics at the University of Pavia, Italy, from 1779 to 1804. From 1815 he was director of the philosophical faculty at the University of Padua, Italy. His interest in electricity ledhim to invent in 1775 a device used to generate static electricity. In 1800 he demonstrated his electric battery for the first time. The volt, a unit of potential difference that drives current, wasnamed in his honor.
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Medical Dictionary

v abbr.
venous blood (used as a subscript)

V
The symbol for the element vanadium.

V

Abbr. volt

visual acuity n.
Sharpness of vision, especially as tested with a Snellen chart. Normal visual acuity based on the Snellen chart is 20/20.

volt (vōlt)
n.
Abbr. V
A unit of electromotive force in the Internation System of Units that will produce a current of 1 ampere in a circuit that has resistance of 1 ohm.

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Science Dictionary
V  

  1. The symbol for vanadium.

  2. The symbol for voltage.

  3. Abbreviation of volume


vanadium   (və-nā'dē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
Symbol V
A soft, bright-white metallic element that occurs naturally in several minerals. It has good structural strength and is used especially to make strong varieties of steel. Atomic number 23; atomic weight 50.942; melting point 1,890°C; boiling point 3,000°C; specific gravity 6.11; valence 2, 3, 4, 5. See Periodic Table.
volt   (vōlt)  Pronunciation Key 
The SI derived unit used to measure electric potential at a given point, usually a point in an electric circuit. A voltage difference of one volt drives one ampere of current through a conductor that has a resistance of one ohm. One joule of work is required to move an electric charge of one coulomb across a potential difference of one volt. One volt is equivalent to one joule per coulomb. See also Ohm's law.
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Computing Dictionary

V
Upper case V, ASCII character 86, known in INTERCAL as book.
1. A testbed for distributed system research.
2. Wide-spectrum language used in the knowledge-based environment CHI. "Research on Knowledge-Based Software Environments at Kestrel Inst", D.R. Smith et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-11(11):1278-1295 (1985).

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
V

  1. 5

  2. potential

  3. vanadium

  4. Vatican City (international vehicle ID)

  5. velocity

  6. verb

  7. very

  8. victory

  9. violence (television rating)

  10. vocative

  11. volt

  12. volume

  13. vowel

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