PV

See also: pV and pv

Translingual

Symbol

PV

1. (metrology) Symbol for petavolt, an SI unit of electromotive force equal to 10¹⁵ volts.

English

Etymology

Abbreviation.

• Sense "promotional video" is a borrowing from Japanese PV (PV, “promotional video”), from English promotional + video.

Noun

PV (countable and uncountable, plural PVs)

1. (countable) Initialism of probation violation.
2. (countable, control theory) Initialism of process variable.
3. (uncountable) Initialism of pharmacovigilance.
4. (countable, Japan) Initialism of promotional video.
5. (countable, grammar) Initialism of phrasal verb.
7. (countable, anatomy, medicine) Initialism of pulmonary valve.

   Hypernyms: heart valve < valve < part, portion

   Coordinate terms: AoV, MV, TV

9. (uncountable, medicine) Initialism of polycythemia vera.
11. (uncountable, medicine) Initialism of pemphigus vulgaris.
12. (countable, finance) Initialism of present value.

Adjective

PV (not comparable)

1. Initialism of photovoltaic.
   • 2017, Adrian Tantau, Robert Staiger, editors, Business Models for Renewable Energy Initiatives […] , IGI Global, →ISBN, page 71:

     The demand for PV systems has grown by an average of 30% per year over the period 1990–2010, on the background of cost reduction (Solar Energy, 2011; Paicu & Regneala, 2013).

2. (medicine) Initialism of pervaginal.

Adverb

PV (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Initialism of per vaginam.

See also

• PV diagram

Anagrams

• VP, vp

French

Noun

PV m (invariable)

1. (law) abbreviation of procès-verbal
2. (gaming) abbreviation of point de vie (“health”)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

PV (f)

1. (almuni network) abbreviation of Pennälerverbindung or abbreviation of Pennalverbindung
2. (staff organisation) abbreviation of Personalvereinigung
3. (representative body) abbreviation of Personalvertretung
4. (technology) abbreviation of Photovoltaik
5. (social security) abbreviation of Pflegeversicherung
6. (media) abbreviation of Pressevorführung
7. (religious organisation) abbreviation of Primarvereinigung
8. (real estate) abbreviation of Provision

Noun

PV (m)

1. (workplace) abbreviation of Personalverband
2. (transport) abbreviation of Personenverkehr
3. (almuni network) abbreviation of Primaner Verein

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English PV, Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) initialism of promotional +‎ video. By surface analysis, プロモーション (puromōshon) +‎ ビデオ (bideo).

Noun

PV(ピーブイ) • (pībui) 

1. promotional video

See also

• MV (MV, “music video”)
• CM (CM, “commercial message”)

Spanish

Noun

PV m (plural PV)

1. (roleplaying games, video games) initialism of punto(s) de vida, HP (hit points / health points)

   Synonym: PS