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1. toxic silvery white metallic element used in strengthening steel (Chemistry). 22nd letter of the alphabet. vto vagancy.
2. V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant and as a vowel.
6. The Latin derives it from it from a form of the Greek vowel Υ , this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F , or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic.
7. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope.
8. See U, F, etc.
9. As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin. the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet.10. twenty seventh letter of the Turkish alphabet.
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