Other Definitions
v (enc)
v (enc)
|
V| 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 itpotential unit - a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a give 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 vanadinitemetal, 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 one5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintuplet, quintet digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers; "0 and 1 are digits" | | | 4. | V - the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabetLatin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe | | | Adj. | 1. | v - being one more than fourcardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" | |
|
 |