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.

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V ²

abbr.

1. velocity

2. victory

3. vocative

4. volt

5. volume

6. vowel

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v or V  (v)

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.

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v, V [viː]

n pl v's, V's, Vs

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

2. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiced labio-dental fricative, as in vote

3.

a.  something shaped like a V

b.  (in combination) a V neck See also V-sign

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v

symbol for

1. (Physics / General Physics) Physics velocity

2. (Physics / General Physics) specific volume (of a gas)

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V

symbol for

1. (Linguistics / Grammar) (in transformational grammar) verb

2. (Physics / General Physics) volume (capacity)

3. (Physics / General Physics) volt

4. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) Chem vanadium

5. (Physics / General Physics) luminous efficiency

6. victory

7. (Mathematics)

the Roman numeral for five See Roman numerals

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering)

international car registration for Vatican City

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V

1. The symbol for vanadium.

2. The symbol for voltage.

3. Abbreviation of volume

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	V - a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it volt potential unit - a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground) abvolt - a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt millivolt, mV - a unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt microvolt - a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt nanovolt - a unit of potential equal to one billionth of a volt picovolt - a unit of potential equal to one trillionth of a volt femtovolt - a unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a nanosecond) kilovolt, kV - a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts
	2.	V - a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite atomic number 23, vanadium metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. carnotite - a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium vanadinite - a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium
	3.	V - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintuplet, quintet digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	4.	v - the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
Adj.	1.	v - being one more than four             5, five cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

Translations

V v¹ [viː] N (= letter) → V, v f
V for victory → V de la victoria
V1 (= flying bomb) → bomba f volante(1944-45)
V2 (= rocket) → cohete m (1944-45)
see also V-sign, V-neck

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v² ABBR

1. (Literat) =verse → v.

2. (Bible) =verse → vers.

3. (Sport, Jur) =versus (= against) → v., vs.

4. (Elec) =volt(s)

5. =vide (= see) → vid., v.

6. =very

7. =volume

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V v [ˈviː] n (= letter) → V m, v m
V for Victor → V comme Victor

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v [ˈviː] abbr

(=verse) → v.(= vers)

(=vide) (= see) → v.(= voir)

(=versus) → c.(= contre)

(=volt) → V

(=very) → très

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V, v

n → V nt, → v nt

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V, v abbr of versus; abbr of vide → v

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V:

V-neck

n → V-Ausschnitt m

V-necked

adj → mit V-Ausschnitt

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V:

V-shaped

adj → pfeilförmig, V-förmig

V-sign

n (Brit) (victory) → Victoryzeichen nt; (rude) → ˜ Stinkefinger m (inf); he gave me the V → ˜ er zeigte mir den Stinkefinger (inf)

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V v [viː] n (letter) → V, v f or m inv
V for Victor → V come Venezia

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V v [viː] n (letter) → V, v f or m inv
V for Victor → V come Venezia

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V abbr =volt → V

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V abbr =volt → V

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