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Vickers

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• Vickers-number

  noun, Metallurgy. 1. a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.

• Vicksburg

  noun 1. a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: important Civil War siege and Confederate surrender 1863. noun 1. a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: site of one of the most decisive campaigns (1863) of the American Civil War, in which the Confederates were besieged for nearly seven weeks before […]

• Vicky

  noun 1. a female given name, form of Victoria. noun 1. professional name of Victor Weisz. 1913–66, British left-wing political cartoonist, born in Germany

• Vico

  noun 1. Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist. noun 1. Giovanni Battista (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista). 1668–1744, Italian philosopher. In Scienza Nuova (1721) he postulated that civilizations rise and fall in evolutionary cycles, making use of myths, poetry, and linguistics as historical evidence

• Vicomte

  noun, plural vicomtes [vee-kawnt] /viˈkɔ̃t/ (Show IPA) 1. a French viscount. noun 1. a French noble holding a rank corresponding to that of a British viscount or viscountess

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