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vulcan | v |

As a noun vulcan

is volcano.

As a letter v is

the twenty-second letter of the.

As a numeral v is

cardinal number five (5).

As a symbol v is

velocity.

vulcan

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , of (etyl) origin, but unknown meaning.

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Roman god) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, principally blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.
    • ''The goddess Venus was the wife of Vulcan .
  • (astronomy, historical) A hypothetical planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun in a 19th-century hypothesis.
  • A town in southern Alberta, Canada.
  • A ghost town in Colorado
  • An inactive volcano in New Mexico
  • A volcano in Papua New Guinea
  • A city and a few villages in Romania
    • Derived terms
    * Vulcanalia * Vulcanean / Vulcanian * vulcanic / Vulcanic * vulcanicity * vulcanism * vulcanist * vulcanite * vulcanization * vulcanize * vulcanological * vulcanologist * vulcanology
    Related terms
    * volcano
    See also
    * * *

    Etymology 2

    From Vulcan (etymology 1), from the TV series of the 1960s.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A fictional inhabited planet. (rfex)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) A person who seems to lack emotion or is overly analytical and boring.
    • English terms derived from Star Trek

    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 ----