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squad | v |

As a noun squad

is a group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.

As a letter v is

the twenty-second letter of the.

As a symbol v is

the volt in the international system of units.

squad

English

(wikipedia squad)

Alternative forms

* escouade (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
  • * 1912 , in The New England magazine , volume 47:
    • A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
  • (cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
  • (UK, dialect) sloppy mud
    • (Tennyson)

    Derived terms

    * flying squad

    Related terms

    * squadron

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    *

    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 .
    • See also
    (Latn-script) * (select symbols) * (other scripts) Cyrillic * (wikipedia "v")

    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).

    • See also

    * Previous: iv (4) * Next: vi (6) *

    Etymology 3

    Symbol

    (head)
  • velocity
  • ).

    • See also

    {{Letter , page=V , NATO=Victor , Morse=···– , Character=V , Braille=? }} Image:Latin V.png, Capital and lowercase versions of V , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter V.png, Uppercase and lowercase V in Fraktur ----