Meaning of V
| Pronunciation: | | 'vee, vee
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- [n] the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet
- [n] 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
- [n] the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- [n] a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite
- [adj] being one more than four
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| | Synonyms: | | 5, 5, atomic number 23, cardinal, cinque, fin, five, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, vanadium, volt |
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| | See Also: | | abvolt, alphabetic character, carnotite, digit, figure, kilovolt, kV, letter, letter of the alphabet, metal, metallic element, millivolt, mV, potential unit, Roman alphabet, vanadinite | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | V
Firmly rooted in hypertext, V blends text with online interaction, the third section of the book to be found on the Internet. The poems themselves explore a range of themes centered on identity and its discovery. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \V\ (v[=e]).
1. V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a
vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same
character, U being the cursive form, while V is better
adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were
formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively
recent date words containing them were often classed
together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see
{U}). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it
was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as
a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of
the Greek vowel [Upsilon] (see {Y}), this Greek letter
being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F
(see {F}), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet
which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most
nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine;
avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour,
trope. See U, F, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect]
265; also [sect][sect] 155, 169, 178-179, etc.
2. As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin.
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| | Definition: | | 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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