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v | video |

As a letter v

is the twenty-second letter of the.

As a symbol v

is the volt in the international system of units.

As a noun video is

video.

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 ----

    video

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Television, television show, movie.
  • Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
  • (dated) VHS.

    • Usage notes

    * Video is used in contrast with audio, which is sound only. * The plural is the singular.

    Related terms

    * * * * * * * *

    See also

    * (wikipedia "video")

    Verb

    (es)
  • To record using video equipment

    • See also

    * ----