V, v

[vee] /vi/
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.

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

v

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

V.1

1.
see.
Origin
< Latin vidē

V.2

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

1.
see.
Origin
< Latin vidē

v.2

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.
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British Dictionary definitions for v

v

/viː/
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.
  1. something shaped like a V
  2. (in combination): a V neck See also V-sign

v

symbol
1.
(physics) velocity
2.
specific volume (of a gas)

V

symbol
1.
(in transformational grammar) verb
2.
volume (capacity)
3.
volt
4.
(chem) vanadium
5.
luminous efficiency
6.
victory
7.
(Roman numeral) five See Roman numerals
abbreviation
8.
Vatican City (international car registration)

v.

abbreviation
1.
verb
2.
verse
3.
version
4.
verso
5.
(usually italic) versus
6.
very
7.
vide
8.
vocative
9.
volume
10.
von

V.

abbreviation
1.
Venerable
2.
(in titles) Very
3.
(in titles) Vice
4.
Viscount
Word Origin and History for v

V

In Middle English, -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 English 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- also was a characteristic of 16c. Cockney accents.

In German rocket weapons systems of World War II, 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 January 1941 by Belgian politician and resistance leader Victor de Laveleye, to signify French victoire and Flemish 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.

v in Medicine

v abbr.
venous blood (used as a subscript)

V
The symbol for the element vanadium.

V

Abbr. volt

v in Science
V  

  1. The symbol for vanadium.

  2. The symbol for voltage.

  3. 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.
v in Technology


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).

Related Abbreviations for v

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

v.

  1. vocals
  2. voice

v.

  1. verb
  2. verse
  3. version
  4. verso
  5. Latin versus (against)
  6. Latin vide (see)
  7. volume

V.

  1. venerable
  2. very
  3. viscount
  4. viscountess