Alcohol vs V - What's the difference?

alcohol | v |

As a noun alcohol

is .

As a letter v is

the twenty-second letter of the.

As a symbol v is

the volt in the international system of units.

alcohol

English

(wikipedia alcohol)

Noun

(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).

(uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.

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(obsolete) Any very fine powder.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* -holic * -holism * -ol * alcohol abuse * alcoholic * alcoholism * low-alcohol * non-alcoholic * nonalcoholic

References

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v

Translingual

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Etymology 1

Minuscule variation of Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter .

Letter

The twenty-second letter of the .

Etymology 2

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral V, from abbreviation of IIII? or IIIIV (representing 5), from tally stick markings resembling \\\\? or ////?, from the practice of designating each fifth notch with a double cut, like the corresponding Western tally mark,

Alternative forms

* V,

Numeral

cardinal number five (5).

Etymology 3

Symbol

(head)

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