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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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variable.
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velocity.
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vicinal.
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victory.
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Electricity. volt; volts.
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vagabond.
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Mathematics. vector.
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velocity.
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verb.
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victory.
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Electricity. volt; volts.
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vowel.
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.
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Physics. electric potential.
6.
(especially during World War II) the symbol of Allied victory.
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see.
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valve.
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Venerable.
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verb.
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verse.
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version.
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versus.
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very.
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Vicar.
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vice.
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Village.
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violin.
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Virgin.
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Viscount.
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vision.
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visual acuity.
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vocative.
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volume.
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see.
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valve.
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(in personal names) van.
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vector.
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vein.
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ventral.
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verb.
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verse.
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version.
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verso.
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versus.
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very.
12.
vicar.
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vice.
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village.
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violin.
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vision.
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vocative.
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voice.
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volt.
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voltage.
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volume.
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(in personal names) von.
noun (pl) v’s, V’s, Vs
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
3.

something shaped like a V
(in combination): a V neck See also V-sign

symbol
1.
(physics) velocity
2.
specific volume (of a gas)
symbol
1.
(in transformational grammar) verb
2.
volume (capacity)
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volt
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(chem) vanadium
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luminous efficiency
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victory
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(Roman numeral) five See Roman numerals
abbreviation
8.
Vatican City (international car registration)
abbreviation
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verb
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verse
3.
version
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verso
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(usually italic) versus
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very
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vide
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vocative
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volume
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von
abbreviation
1.
Venerable
2.
(in titles) Very
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(in titles) Vice
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Viscount

v abbr.
venous blood (used as a subscript)

V
The symbol for the element vanadium.

V

Abbr. volt
V

The symbol for vanadium.

The symbol for voltage.

Abbreviation of volume

vanadium
(və-nā’dē-əm)
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.

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).
V
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5
2.
potential
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vanadium
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Vatican City (international vehicle ID)
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velocity
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verb
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very
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victory
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violence (television rating)
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vocative
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volt
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volume
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vowel
v.
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vocals
2.
voice
v.
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verb
2.
verse
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version
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verso
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Latin versus (against)
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Latin vide (see)
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volume
V.
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venerable
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very
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viscount
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viscountess