English Dictionary: V/50 | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
V \V\ (v[emac]). 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 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. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 265; also [sect][sect] 155, 169, 178-179, etc. 2. As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vae \Vae\, n. See {Voe}. [Scot.] | |
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Via \Vi"a\, prep. [L., ablative of via way. See {Way}.] By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vie \Vie\, n. A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager. [Obs.] We 'll all to church together instantly, And then a vie for boys. --J. Fletcher. | |
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Vie \Vie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vying}.] [OE. vien, shortened fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to challenge, a word used in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Invite}, {Envie}.] 1. To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See {Revie}. [Obs.] 2. To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition. In a trading nation, the younger sons may be placed in such a way of life as . . . to vie with the best of their family. --Addison. While Waterloo with Cann[91]'s carnage vies. --Byron. | |
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Vie \Vie\, v. t. 1. To stake; to wager. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. [Obs.] She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss She vied so fast. --Shak. Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them. --Milton. And vying malice with my gentleness, Pick quarrels with their only happiness. --Herbert. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
View \View\, n. [OF. veue, F. vue, fr. OF. veoir to see, p. p. veu, F. voir, p. p. vu, fr. L. videre to see. See {Vision}, and cl. {Interview}, {Purview}, {Review}, {Vista}.] 1. The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection. Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view. --Milton. Objects near our view are thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote. --Locke. Surveying nature with too nice a view. --Dryden. 2. Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case. I have with exact view perused thee, Hector. --Shak. 3. Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect. The walls of Pluto's palace are in view. --Dryden. 4. That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window. 'T is distance lends enchantment to the view. --Campbell. 5. The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, [?]ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George. 6. Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued. To give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty. --Locke. 7. That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping. No man sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason. --Locke. 8. Appearance; show; aspect. [Obs.] [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view Dazzled, before we never knew. --Waller. {Field of view}. See under {Field}. {Point of view}. See under {Point}. {To have in view}, to have in mind as an incident, object, or aim; as, to have one's resignation in view. {View halloo}, the shout uttered by a hunter upon seeing the fox break cover. {View of frankpledge} (Law), a court of record, held in a hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. --Blackstone. {View of premises} (Law), the inspection by the jury of the place where a litigated transaction is said to have occurred. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
View \View\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Viewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Viewing}.] 1. To see; to behold; especially, to look at with attention, or for the purpose of examining; to examine with the eye; to inspect; to explore. O, let me view his visage, being dead. --Shak. Nearer to view his prey, and, unespied, To mark what of their state he more might learn. --Milton. 2. To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects. The happiest youth, viewing his progress through. --Shak. | |
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Viewy \View"y\, a. 1. Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person. 2. Spectacular; pleasing to the eye or the imagination. A government intent on showy absurdities and viewy enterprises rather than solid work. --London Spectator. | |
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Vanadyl \Van"a*dyl\, n. [Vanadium + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {VO}, regarded as a characterized residue of certain vanadium compounds. | |
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Voe \Voe\, n. [Cf. Icel ver sea, v[94]ar a fenced-in landing place.] An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. --Jamieson. | |
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Vow \Vow\, n. [OE. vou, OF. vou, veu, vo, vu, F. v[?]u, from L. votum, from vovere, to vow. Cf. {Avow}, {Devout}, {Vote}.] 1. A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty. [bd]Nothing . . . that may . . . stain my vow of Nazarite.[b8] --Milton. I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow. --2 Sam. xv. 7. I am combined by a sacred vow. --Shak. 2. Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow. Knights of love, who never broke their vow; Firm to their plighted faith. --Dryden. | |
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Vow \Vow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vowing}.] [OE. vouen, OF. vouer, voer, F. vouer, LL. votare. See {Vow}, n.] 1. To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly. [bd]When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.[b8] --Eccl. v. 4. [Men] that vow a long and weary pilgrimage. --Shak. 2. To assert solemnly; to asseverate. | |
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Vow \Vow\, v. i. To make a vow, or solemn promise. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. --Eccl. v. 5. | |
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Veyo, UT Zip code(s): 84782 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
V7 /V'sev'en/ n. See {Version 7}. | |
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vi /V-I/, _not_ /vi:/ and _never_ /siks/ n. [from `Visual Interface'] A screen editor crufted together by Bill Joy for an early {BSD} release. Became the de facto standard Unix editor and a nearly undisputed hacker favorite outside of MIT until the rise of {EMACS} after about 1984. Tends to frustrate new users no end, as it will neither take commands while expecting input text nor vice versa, and the default setup on older versions provides no indication of which mode the editor is in (years ago, a correspondent reported that he has often heard the editor's name pronounced /vi:l/; there is now a vi clone named `vile'). Nevertheless vi (and variants such as vim and elvis) is still widely used (about half the respondents in a 1991 Usenet poll preferred it), and even EMACS fans often resort to it as a mail editor and for small editing jobs (mainly because it starts up faster than the bulkier versions of EMACS). See {holy wars}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
V Upper case V, {ASCII} character 86, known in {INTERCAL} as book. 1. A testbed for distributed system research. 2. Wide-spectrum language used in the knowledge-based environment {CHI}. "Research on Knowledge-Based Software Environments at Kestrel Inst", D.R. Smith et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-11(11):1278-1295 (1985). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
V.10 electrical characteristics for {unbalanced} {double-current interchange circuits} operating at {data signalling rates} nominally up to 100 kbps. This recommendation is also included but not published in {ITU-T} X series under alias number X.26. The circuit defined in this standard is used in other {serial line} standards such as {EIA-232} and {EIA-423}, that implement {single ended} communication. (2002-10-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
V.11 electrical characteristics for {balanced} {double-current} {interchange circuits} operating at {data signalling rates} up to 10 Mbps. V.11 is also included but not published in the as {ITU-T} X.27. V.11 is used in other {serial line} standards such as {EIA-422} and {EIA-485}, that implement {differential line} communication. (2003-04-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
V.21 second two-wire {full-duplex} communications using {Frequency Shift Keying} {modulation}. All modern modems support both V.21 and the close variant, Bell 103. (1996-07-22) | |
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V.22 An {ITU-T} {modem} {protocol} which allowed data rates of 1200 bits per second. {V.22bis} doubled this. | |
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V.23 An old {ITU-T} {modem} {protocol} which allowed {half-duplex} (unidirectional) data transmission at 1200 bits per second. This was the main standard used for {British Telecom}'s {Prestel} service. | |
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V.24 circuits between {DTE} and {DCE}. V.24 is the {ITU-T} equivalent of {EIA} standard {EIA-232C}. V.24 recommends 12 {modem} {carrier} frequencies that will not interfere with {Dual Tone Multi-Frequency} or other telephone control tones. These are: GROUP A = 920 Hz, 1000 Hz, 1080 Hz, 1160 Hz GROUP B = 1320 Hz, 1400 Hz, 1480 Hz, 1560 Hz Group C = 1720 Hz, 1800 Hz, 1880 Hz, 1960 Hz (1995-03-02) | |
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V.25 {auto-answer} {modem} to determine the correct {modulation} standard to use. (2001-04-06) | |
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V.28 {standard} for {serial} data communications equipment, formally titled "Electrical Characteristics for Unbalanced Double-Current Interchange Circuits". The combination of V.28 and {V.24} is equivalent to the {EIA}'s {RS-232} and uses the same 25-pin connectors. (2001-04-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
V.32 The {ITU-T} standard {protocol} for {modem}s transmitting at 4800 or 9600 bits per second. {V.32bis} extended this to 14400 bps. V32 and V.32bis acheive bidirectional data transmission not by having different sets of tones at each end but by subtracting what is sent from what is received. (1994-12-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
V.34 {protocol} using {symbol rate}s of 2400, 2743, 2800, 3000, >3200 and 3429 and up to 28800 bits per second. The official V.34 draft recommendation was titled: Modem operating at data signalling rates of up to 28 800 bit/s for use on the general switched telephone network and on leased point-to-point 2-wire telephone-type circuits. During the lengthy process of approval by {ITU-T}, many manufacturers released 28.8 kbps modems described as "V.FAST". The V.34 recommendation was ratified by {ITU-T} on 20 September 1994. {Rockwell} and {US Robotics} both have seats on the ITU-T, and have both released {chip set}/{BIOS} combinations that they feel will meet V.34. V.34 modems will also support {V.FC} if the manufacturer currently supports V.FC (e.g. {Rockwell}). Some (all?) V.34 modems will also support {line probing}. {ITU document (http://www.itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/rec/v/v34_25302.html)}. (1998-07-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
V.35 transmission at 48 kilobits per second over 60 - 108 KHz group band circuits. It contains the 34-pin {V.34} connector specifications normally implemented on a modular {RJ-45} connector. (1995-03-02) | |
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V.42 An {ITU-T} standard {protocol} for {error correction} between {modem}s which includes {MNP} up to level 4. | |
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V.90 {protocol} allowing download speeds of up to 56 {kbps} with upload speeds of 33.6 {kbps}. {V.90} modems are designed for connections that are digital at one end and have only one digital-to-analogue conversion. As of 1998-02-06 the V.90 standard, formerly called V.pcm, has been given final approval by {ITU-T}. On 1998-10-27 the ITU-T announced that approval of the V.90 standard was completed. Interoperability testing is complete or in progress for several modem manufacturers. The V.90 standard reconciles two competing standards, {X2} and {K56flex}. The {ITU-T} has initiated the approval process for a new all-digital version of the protocol, to be known as {V.91}. {ITU Press Release 98-04 (http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press/releases/1998/98-04.html)}. and {NP-3 (http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press/releases/1998/NP-3.html)}. (1999-01-25) | |
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V.91 undergoing {ITU-T} approval. (1999-01-13) | |
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va (1999-01-27) | |
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VB {Visual BASIC} | |
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VBA {Visual Basic for Applications} | |
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ve (1999-01-27) | |
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VEE {HP VEE} | |
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VHE {Virtual Home Environment} | |
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vi 1. 2. Islands. [{Jargon File}] (1999-01-27) | |
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vu (1999-01-27) | |
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VUE Visual User Environment: a desktop manager for Unix from Hewlett-Packard. |