v1 
(also v.)
abbreviation
1 Grammar Verb.
2(In textual references) verse: the use of the dī phrase in v.44
3Verso.
4Versus: Portsmouth v Coventry City the case of Stacey v Babcock Power Ltd
5Very.
6(In textual references) vide.
symbol
Velocity.
V2
/viː/(also v)
noun (plural Vs or V's)
1The twenty-second letter of the alphabet.The letter V has been assigned the number 4 in numerology....
- List every girl's name that you can think of that begins with the letter V.
- What are some adjectives that begins with V?
1.1Denoting the next after U in a set of items, categories, etc.Initially all triangles are placed in set V....
- If a site has been identified as falling into Category V, this will become apparent when a title search has been conducted by a buyer's lawyer.
2 (also vee) A shape like that of a letter V: [in combination]: deep, V-shaped valleys...
- When they finally came, it was in their tens of thousands, in vees and columns of up to two hundred birds at a time.
- I also love off the shoulder tops, or tops with a deep vee or wide neck.
- I placed the centre front seam on the fold of the fabric and cut the vee to more of a curve.
2.1 [as modifier] Denoting an internal combustion engine with a number of cylinders arranged in two rows at an angle to each other in a V-shape: a V-engine...
- The bonnet may be the shortest seen on a Jaguar and shows just how compact a body the V-engine design can allow.
- Externally, all V-engined Passats are differentiated from lesser models by their red-tinted tail lights.
- Its supercharged V8 betters the Corvette's output by 100 horsepower.
3The Roman numeral for five.By 1364 he was in Paris, working for Charles V....
- Fifteen years after starring in Rocky V, Sylvester Stallone is reprising his role as the boxing champ in the sixth Rocky movie.
- Chapter V lays down certain important provisions that are common to the right of residence and permanent residence.
V3
/viː/abbreviation
1Vatican City (international vehicle registration).
2Volt(s).
symbol
1The chemical element vanadium.
2Voltage or potential difference: V = IR
3(In mathematical formulae) volume: pV = nRT
V-14
/viːˈwʌn/noun
A small flying bomb powered by a simple jet engine, used by the Germans in the Second World War. Also called doodlebug.When Churchill first learned about the V-1 he was so alarmed that he advocated using poison gas against Germany....
- After the V-1 reached its target on automatic pilot, its engine cut out and it fell from the sky.
- As a substitute for conventional bombing capability, the V-1 had a number of shortcomings.
Origin
Abbreviation of German Vergeltungswaffe 'reprisal weapon'.
V-25
/viːˈtuː/noun
A rocket-powered flying bomb which was the first ballistic missile, used by the Germans in the Second World War.The V-2 had a terror factor far beyond its capabilities....
- The Allies could not defend themselves against the V-2.
- The V-2 featured even less accuracy than the V-1.
Origin
See V-1.