V (disambiguation)
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V is the twenty second letter of the Latin alphabet. It can also refer to the following.
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[edit] Science
- In astronomy,
- V magnitude is an object's magnitude seen through a V (visual) filter.
- V stands for a November 1 through 15 discovery, in the provisional designation of a comet (e.g. C/1680 V1, Kirch's Comet) or asteroid (e.g. (3360) 1981 VA).
- V would stand for Venus, in the provisional designation of any ring or natural satellite discovered around it.
- In biochemistry, V is the symbol for valine.
- In chemistry, V is the symbol for vanadium.
- In electrical engineering, V is the symbol for voltage.
- In genetics, Haplogroup V (mtDNA) is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.
- In geosciences, V stands for the true geopotential, and V-shaped for sharply eroded valleys.
- In physics,
- In radio, the V band ranges from 50 to 75 GHz.
- In television engineering, particularly in the PAL encoding system, V is one of the two subcarrier-modulated color-difference channels in the YUV colorspace.
[edit] Mathematics
- In Roman numerals, V denotes the number five (there are also separate Unicode characters for this number, 0x2164 "Ⅴ" and 0x2174 "ⅴ").
- In set theory, V denotes the universe of all sets.
[edit] Computing
- V is the name of an operating system developed at Stanford University; see V (operating system).
- V is an ITU-T series of recommendations on Data communication over the telephone network and used in their names such as V.92. See ITU-T recommendations.
- In Windows, Ctrl-V, and Mac OS, Command-V, pastes the contents of the clipboard at the insertion point.
- V is a GUI development tool for the C++ programming language.
- V is an operation on a semaphore, used for process synchronisation.
- In Internet or SMS slang, v or V is used to represent "we" due to similarity in pronunciation.
[edit] Music
- See V (album) for various albums named "V".
- Room V is a Shadow Gallery album.
- V: The New Mythology is a Symphony X album.
- V is the name of a band from the United Kingdom; see V (band).
- V is a song by Takayuki Ishikawa.
- V is a recurring song in the popular Japanese music game beatmania IIDX. Originating on beatmania IIDX 5th style, it has appeared on every single version to follow it, including the consumer versions (except beatmania IIDX11 IIDX RED). It is based on The Four Seasons (Winter) by Antonio Vivaldi.
- The Roman numeral V is the dominant scale degree, chord, or diatonic function, when distinguished V = major and v = minor.
- V Recordings is a drum and bass record label.
- V festival is an annual music festival.
- The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the letter V in Morse Code.
[edit] Film and television
- Channel [V] is a music-centric television station operated by STAR TV.
- V (for "Victory") is the name of a 1983 science fiction miniseries / TV series.
- V is a commonly used abbreviation in reference to the 1993 anime series Kidou Senshi Victory Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Also abbreviated VG.
[edit] Literature and publications
- V. is Thomas Pynchon's first novel.
- V is the tabloid publication of National Vanguard.
- V is the name given by the mysterious protagonist of the 1980s graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd and its 2006 film version; see V (comics).
- In the webcomic Order of the Stick, V is a common abbreviation for Varsuuvius, the Elven Wizard.
- See V (magazine) for a list of magazines named "V".
[edit] Other uses
- In communication, V is the name of a hand gesture; see V sign.
- In finance, V is the U.S. ticker symbol for Vivendi Universal.
- In Finnish, "the v-word" is an euphemism for the swear word vittu.
- In grammar, v is an abbreviation for verb.
- In law, v. is used in the name of a court case is an abbreviation for versus, meaning "against."
- In international licence plate codes, V stands for Vatican City.
- In liturgy, V or ℣ is an abbreviation for Versicle.
- As the first letter of a postal code, V stands for British Columbia, Canada.
- V is the name of a drink produced by Frucor in New Zealand; see V (drink).
- A V engine is an internal combustion engine configuration.
- The V-Series is Cadillac's series of high-performance vehicles.
- "V is for Victory", as popularized by Winston Churchill during World War II.
[edit] See also
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