V (disambiguation)
Appearance
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V, or v, is the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet.
V may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
[edit]People and fictional characters
[edit]- V, a character of Devil May Cry
- V. Balakumaran (Tamil activist), a top leader of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS) in Sri Lanka
- V (character), the protagonist of the comic book and film V for Vendetta
- V, the narrator of Vladimir Nabokov's novel The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
- V, the protagonist of the video game Cyberpunk 2077
- V, the playwright and activist formerly known as Eve Ensler
Film and television
[edit]- V (franchise), a science fiction franchise
- V (1983 miniseries)
- V (2009 TV series), a remake
- V: The Final Battle, 1984
- V (1984 TV series)
- V (1983 miniseries)
- V (TV network), now Noovo, in Québec, Canada
- V (Australian TV channel), or [V]
- Channel [V], in Asia
- V (2020 film), an Indian Telugu action thriller
- V (2021 film), an Indian Tamil horror drama
- The V logo for the Venezuelan television channel Venevisión
Gaming
[edit]- V (video game), based on the 1984 TV series
- VVVVVV, a 2010 video game by Terry Cavanagh
Literature
[edit]- "V" (poem), by Tony Harrison, 1985
- V (American magazine), launched in 1999
- V (Finnish magazine), 2006–2007
- V., a 1963 novel by Thomas Pynchon
- V: The Second Generation, a 2008 novel based TV series
- V, the Vespasian manuscript of the Anglian collection
- "V" Is for Vengeance, a novel
Music
[edit]- V (group), a British boyband
- V (singer) (Kim Tae-hyung, born 1995), South Korean vocalist of BTS
- V (Vlad Radovanov, born c. 1971), American rapper in duo V & Legacy
- V Festival, an annual British music festival
- "V" (Lee Jung-hyun song), 2013
Albums
[edit]- V (Fate album) (2006)
- V (Havok album) (2020)
- V (Hiroyuki Sawano album), 2023
- V (jj album) (2014)
- V (Karma to Burn album) (2011)
- V (Legião Urbana album) (1991)
- V (Live album) (2001)
- V (Maroon 5 album) (2014)
- V (Saint Vitus album) (1990)
- V (Scale the Summit album) (2015)
- V (Spock's Beard album) (2000)
- V (The Bronx album), 2017
- V (The Fucking Champs album) (2002)
- V (The Horrors album) (2017)
- V (Van She album) (2008)
- V (Vanessa Hudgens album) (2006)
- V (Unknown Mortal Orchestra album) (2023)
- V (Wavves album) (2015)
- V. (album), by Wooden Shjips (2018)
- Five (Hollywood Undead album) (stylized as V)(2017)
- V – The New Mythology Suite (2000), by Symphony X
- V Live (album), a 2007 live album by Vitalic
- V, a 2019 album by Aaron Goodvin
- V, a cancelled album by Jonas Brothers
- V, a 1991 album by Steady B
- V, a 2016 album by Truckfighters
- V, a shelved album by Vanessa Amorosi
- V, a 2011 album by Vreid
Businesses and organizations
[edit]- Visa Inc., American financial services corporation whose stock ticker is V
- Ⓥ, symbol of Norwegian alcoholic beverage retailer Vinmonopolet
- Left Party (Sweden) (Vänsterpartiet), abbreviated V
- Venstre (Denmark), a political party, symbol V
- Venstre (Norway), a political party, symbol V
Language, grammar, linguistics and symbology
[edit]- V, Roman numeral for 5
- v, the symbol used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the voiced labiodental fricative
- V sign, a hand gesture
- Dominant (music), in music theory the fifth scale degree of the diatonic scale
- ∨, descending wedge
- v., abbreviation of von in German surnames
- v., abbreviation for versus used in legal case citation
- Verb, a part of speech
- Ⓥ, an enclosed alphanumeric
- ⓥ, a food label under vegetarian and vegan symbolism
- ∨, logical disjunction
Science and technology
[edit]Biology
[edit]- ATC code V (Various), a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
- Haplogroup V (mtDNA), a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup
- Trigeminal nerve, the fifth cranial nerve, or CN V
- Valine, an α-amino acid
- V-moth, the moth Macaria wauaria
- Vaccine
Mathematics
[edit]- Von Neumann universe in set theory
- Verschiebung operator in algebraic group theory
Physics
[edit]- V band, the band of frequencies from 40 to 75 GHz
- V, voltage, an electric potential difference in a circuit
- V, Volt, an SI unit
- Red projection in the YUV color encoding system
- v, v, v→, v, velocity
- v, speed
- V number, the normalized frequency of an optical fiber
- V particle, an archaic name for a class of subatomic particles
Computing
[edit]- V (programming language)
- V (operating system), 1981–1988
- V-Model, a model for a software development process
- V, in Semaphore (programming)
Other uses in science and technology
[edit]- Vanadium, symbol V, a chemical element
- V engine, an internal combustion engine configuration
- v (vee), an obscure unit of measurement in typography
Transportation
[edit]- V (Los Angeles Railway), a streetcar service 1920–1963
- V (New York City Subway service), a former New York City Subway service
- The official West Japan Railway Company service symbol for:
- Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant, three British military aircraft collectively known as the V bombers
Other uses
[edit]- V (drink), an energy drink
- "V" device, an American military medal ribbon award
- V formation, of birds and airplanes
- Victor, military time zone for UTC−09
- Cadillac V series, high-performance vehicles
- Le V, a hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Aion V, a Chinese electric SUV