'V' definitions:
Definition of 'v'
(from WordNet)
adjective
noun
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 [syn: volt, V]
noun
A soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite [syn: vanadium, V, atomic number 23]
noun
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
noun
The 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: V, v]
Definition of 'V'
From: GCIDE
- V \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 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. [1913 Webster] See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 265; also [sect][sect] 155, 169, 178-179, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'V'
- V Labrusca,
- V Opulus,
- V Philadelphicus,
- V Virginianus,
- V cordifolia,
- V flavifrons,
- V fulvus,
- V gilvus,
- V hook,
- V lagopus,
- V moth,
- V shaped,
- V vulgaris,
- V vulpes,
- V vulpina,
- edward v,
- factor v,
- ferdinand v,
- george v,
- gustavus v,
- henry v,
- louis v,
- martin v,
- nicholas v,
- penicillin v,
- philip v,
- pius v,
- urban v,
- v neck,
- v sign,
- v-1,
- eugene v. debs,
- penicillin v potassium,
- v-8 juice,
- v-day,
- v-shaped,
- w. v. quine,
- v-e day,
- v-j day