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V

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Noun

1. v, volt

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

2. atomic number 23, v, vanadium

a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite

3. 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, little phoebe, pentad, phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, v

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

4. v

the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet

Adjective

5. 5, five, v

being one more than four

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


V

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nounWord forms: plural v's, V's or 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. 
a. 
something shaped like a V
b. 
(in combination)
a V neck
symbol for
1. physics
velocity
2. 
specific volume (of a gas)
symbol for
1. 
(in transformational grammar) verb
2. 
volume (capacity)
3. 
volt
4. chemistry
vanadium
5. 
luminous efficiency
6. 
victory
7. (Roman numeral)
five
Roman numerals
abbreviation for
8. 
Vatican City (international car registration)
abbreviation for
1. 
verb
2. 
verse
3. 
version
4. 
verso
5. (usually italic)
versus
6. 
very
7. 
vide
8. 
vocative
9. 
volume
10. 
von
abbreviation for
1. 
Venerable
2. 
(in titles) Very
3. 
(in titles) Vice
4. 
Viscount

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V

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noun
a Roman numeral for 5
1. 
velocity
2. 
Venerable
3. 
Vicar
4. 
Vice
5. 
victory
6. 
Viscount
7. 
volt(s)
8.  Physics
volume
vanadium
nounWord forms: plural v's or V's
1. 
the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet: from the Latin V, derived from one form of the Greek Y (upsilon): formerly used interchangeably in English with U both as a vowel and as a consonant, now only as a consonant
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (v) of vote
3. 
a type or impression for v or V
4. 
the twenty-second in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like V
adjective
6. 
of v or V
7. 
twenty-second in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like V
1. 
in the place of
2. 
see
3. 
valve
4.  Ancient Mathematics
vector
5. 
velocity
6. 
ventral
7. 
verb
8. 
verse
9. 
version
10. 
verso
11. 
versus
12. 
very
13. 
village
14.  US
violin
15.  US
vise
16. 
vocative
17. 
voice
18. 
volt(s)
19. 
voltage
20. 
volume
21. 
von

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V

see synonyms of v
1. The symbol for vanadium.
2. Electricity The symbol for potential difference.
3. also v The symbol for the Roman numeral 5.
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.
abbr.
1. victory
2. vocative
3. volt
4. volume
5. vowel
abbr.
velocity
abbr.
1. venerable (in titles)
2. very (in titles)
abbr.
1. verb
2. verse
3. version
4. versus
5. vide
6. volume (book)

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