Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The symbol for the Roman numeral 5.
  • abbreviation velocity
  • abbreviation victory
  • abbreviation vocative
  • abbreviation volt
  • abbreviation volume
  • abbreviation vowel

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  • noun The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
  • noun The volt in the International System of Units.
  • noun chemistry Symbol for vanadium.
  • noun The Roman numeral for 5.
  • noun biochemistry IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for valine
  • noun The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called vee and written in the Latin script.
  • initialism organic chemistry The resin identification code for polyvinyl chloride, also PVC

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Examples

  • ‰ Φ0, x ˆˆ V (p) iff x² ˆˆ V² (p) for all atomic programs Ï ‰ ˆˆ

    Propositional Dynamic Logic Balbiani, Philippe 2007

  • Neither V nor V* can discriminate the relevant sorts of cracks from the relevant sort of shadows, but according to Burge this is not sufficient to make their contents the same.

    The Contents of Perception Siegel, Susanna 2005

  • V: V¹, so in VI: VI¹, persons, action, and arrangement, are closely symmetrical, while a graceful variety and harmony is effected by so modifying each of these elements as to repeat scarcely a detail in the several corresponding figures.

    The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Various

  • The action is symmetrical throughout, although not exactly the same in V: V¹.

    The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Various

  • -- The persons are, accordingly, symmetrical throughout; the action is so until past the dolphins (VIII: VIII¹); the drapery only in II: II¹, and in VI, V, IV: IV¹, V¹, VI¹; and the weapons not at all.

    The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Various

  • As for Mary V-- oh, well, Mary V was very young and

    Skyrider B. M. Bower 1905

  • - We've taken a look at a handful of drives from Kingston's V and V+ Series of solid state drives, and this time around we actually have the smallest capacity drive on hand.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Carlo Longino 2010

  • My question: I know most SSD will blow me away with performance, but will a SATA 3 Crucial drive be that much faster than say a cheap Kingston V or V+ series?

    The Tech Report: News 2010

  • My question: I know most SSD will blow me away with performance, but will a SATA 3 Crucial drive be that much faster than say a cheap Kingston V or V+ series?

    The Tech Report: News 2010

  • It joins Virgin Media's existing receiver line-up, alongside the basic V Box and the V+ HD Box incorporating HD capability with a personal video recorder.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

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