Pv

adj, adv, noun

adj, adv, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of probation violation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of process variable. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of pharmacovigilance. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    Initialism of promotional video. Japan, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  5. 5
    Initialism of phrasal verb. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Show 4 more definitions
  1. 6
    Initialism of pulmonary valve. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of polycythemia vera. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of pemphigus vulgaris. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of present value. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of photovoltaic. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

    "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. 2
    Initialism of pervaginal. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    Initialism of per vaginam. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms
per vaginampharmacovigilancepolycythemia verapresent valuepuerto vallarta

Example

More examples

"As a result of the server breakdown, total PV of yesterday dropped by 30% compared with normal."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

pv diagram

More for "pv"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.