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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | VR // [MUD] n. On-line abbrev for virtual reality, as opposed to RL. Source: Jargon File. |
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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Va - Vb - Vc - Vd - Ve - Vf - Vg - Vh - Vi - Vj - Vk - Vl - Vm - Vn - Vo - Vp - Vq - Vr - Vs - Vt - Vu - Vv - Vw - Vx - Vy - Vz
- Vrancx, Sebasdtian, (1573-1647), painter
- Vratislav I, (915 - 921), Bohemian aristocrat
- Vratislav II, (1061 - 1092, king from 1085), Bohemian aristocrat
- Vraz, Stanko, (1810 - 1851), Slovene poet
- Vrhovnik, Bostjan, (born 1949), Slovene film director
- Vroom, Cornelisz, (1600 - 1661), painter
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of people by name: Vr."
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Alternate meaning: Virtual reality VR is the only railway company in Finland, state-owned, and formerly known as Valtionrautatiet. Its most important function is the operation of freight and passenger rail services. Maintenance and construction of the railway network itself is the responsibility of the Finnish Rail Administration (Ratahallintokeskus - RHK).Companies in the VR group also provide road freight and bus services, carry out catering activities and real estate management, and provide data, technological, and telecommunications services for the transport and logistics sectors. The group owns a bus company Pohjolan Liikenne and a road freight haulage company Transpoint.
Finnish trains are spacious, comfortable and clean. The scenery among the lines is beautiful, especially in Eastern Finland where there is very many lakes. Because in most parts of Finland density of population is low, Finland is not very well suited for railways. Commuter services are rare outside Helsinki area, but there are express train connections between most of the cities. As in France, most trains are coming or going to the capital city Helsinki. There are also good ExpressBus and aeroplane connections, both of which are more expensive than trains. Buses are in sometimes faster than trains (e.g. Helsinki-Pori).
Altogether the group of companies includes 21 companies employing a total of about 14,400 persons. The President and CEO of the VR group of companies is Henri Kuitunen.
Pendolino
Pendolino is the high speed train system operated by VR. It is one of the premier high-speed trains of Europe. The Pendolino has an average speed of 180-210 km/h, and its highest speed recorded was 220 km/h. The reason why the Pendolino was chosen is due to the fact that the country has curved railways and this is the cheapest method to build a high speed train, which runs on existing network. A tilting train provided the advantages of high speed and comfort for the passengers, as tilting trains are made for curved railways.
Unlike the TGV, Thalys and other European high-speed trains, the Pendolino, due to its tilting mechanism, does not run on specialised high-speed lines - it runs on existing lines. This has both beneficial and negative consequences. Firstly, the trains cannot run to as high a speed as the TGV, for example, due to the lines. However, the Pendolino can also run alongside 'standard' trains, allowing for greater use of the railway. Also, high-speed lines cost a lot more for building. Despite its relatively low speeds for a high-speed network, the Pendolino has been very successful due to the fact that it connects many Finnish cities and is frequent and common, similar to the TGV, which spans a large number of major cities in France.
The Pendolino is a premium facility train. There are audio sockets for radio and music channels, as well as headphones. In some seats, there are also electricity sockets for laptop and mobile phones. There is a bistro on board that serves snack bar-style dishes. In Business Class (1st class), there is personal service and a complimentary meal, similar to aeroplane service.
Pendolino Routes
The Pendolino network radiates out from Helsinki. The following other destinations are served:
- Turku
- Tampere
- Oulu
- Kuopio
- Jyväskylä
- Seinäjoki
- Kokkola
See also
- Transportation in Finland
- List of Finnish government owned companies
- List of railway companies
- TransPoint
- ExpressBus
- SJ, NSB
External links
- VR
- Finnish Rail Administration
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "VR."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
VR | English | Virtual reality | N/A |
VR | French | Volume résiduel | Medicine |
Vr | German | Verstaerker | Electrical Engineering, Physics |
VR | Italian | Volume residuo | Medicine |
| Vr. | Dutch | Vrouwelijk | Language |
| P & VR | English | Pure and vulcanized rubber insulation | Electrical Engineering |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: VR |
| Specialty definitions using "VR": InWorld VR ♦ teledildonics. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | VR.5 (1995) | |
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| Domain | Title | ||
Books |
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High Tech |
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| "VR" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 77.46% of the time. "VR" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 77.46% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Noun (common) | 12.68% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.45% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.41% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 71 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "VR": InWorld VR. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "VR": vr-bob, vr-o-o-m, vr-series. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
vr | 223 | kbc vr 7 graphic helmet | 21 |
new vr | 134 | kbc vr 1 graphic helmet | 21 |
quicktime vr | 72 | mitsubishi 3000gt vr 4 | 19 |
vr trooper | 68 | vr worx | 19 |
renewal vr | 56 | power vr | 18 |
vr business broker | 44 | ijgvevrknmurxuokogktpbxdpapcbz vr | 17 |
kenwood vr 7070 | 39 | aquarium vr | 15 |
kenwood vr 6070 | 34 | 606 kenwood vr | 14 |
vr 7070 | 32 | alecmujerpid vr | 14 |
vr glasses | 28 | cheat gear metal missions solid vr | 14 |
news vr | 27 | mitsubishi galant vr 4 | 13 |
3000gt 4 vr | 24 | vr 7080 | 13 |
vr 6070 | 24 | 3000 gt vr 4 | 13 |
renewal state.pa.us vr | 24 | vr zone | 13 |
kicker comp vr | 23 | interact play vr | 12 |
kenwood vr 7080 | 23 | 4 vr | 12 |
galant vr 4 | 22 | aikataulut vr | 12 |
metal gear solid vr missions | 21 | 5000 vr yaesu | 11 |
sex vr | 21 | vr headset | 10 |
120 24 nikon vr | 21 | global vr | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "VR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | système à réalité virtuelle (VR system), poste de pilotage virtuel (VR cockpit). (various references) | |
German | System der virtuellen Wirklichkeit (virtual reality system, VR system). (various references) | |
Hungarian | orrfutó emelési sebesség (rotation speed). (various references) | |
Italian | sistema di realtà virtuale (virtual reality system, VR system), cabina di pilotaggio virtuale (virtual reality cockpit, VR cockpit). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | vray.(various references) | |
Spanish | sistema de realidad virtual (virtual reality system, VR system), cabina de realidad virtual (virtual reality cockpit, VR cockpit). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 11, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai apeqanen arran enwpion qara tou patroV autou en th gh h egenhqh en th cwra twn caldaiwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum in terra nativitatis suae in Ur Chaldeorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Aran was deed bifore Thare, his fadre, in the lond of his birthe, in Vr of Caldeis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Haran dyed before Terah his father in the londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 11, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Ug namatay si Haran, sa wala pa mamatay ang iyang amahan nga si Tare sa yuta nga iyang natawohan; sa Ur sa mga Caldehanon. |
| Croatian | Haran umrije za života svoga oca Teraha, u svome rodnom kraju, u Uru Kaldejskom. |
| Danish | Haran døde i sin Fader Taras Levetid i sin Hjemstavn i Ur Kasdim. |
| Dutch | En Haran stierf voor het aangezicht zijns vaders Terah, in het land zijner geboorte, in Ur der Chaldeen. |
| Finnish | Ja Haaran kuoli ennen isäänsä Terahia synnyinmaassansa, Kaldean Uurissa. |
| French | Et Haran mourut en présence de Térach, son père, au pays de sa naissance, à Ur en Chaldée. - |
| German | Haran aber starb vor seinem Vater Tharah in seinem Vaterlande zu Ur in Chaldäa. |
| Haitian Creole | Aran mouri anvan papa l'. Li mouri lavil Our nan peyi Kalde kote l' te fèt la. |
| Hungarian | Meghala pedig Hárán, az õ atyjának Thárénak szemei elõtt, az õ születésének földjén, Úr-Kaszdimban. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Haran meninggal di kampung halamannya, yaitu Ur di Babilonia, pada waktu ayahnya masih hidup. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Haran itu mati dahulu dari pada Terah, bapanya, di tanah tempat ia tumpah darah, yaitu di Urkasdim. |
| Italian | Aran poi morì alla presenza di suo padre Terach nella sua terra natale, in Ur dei Caldei. |
| Maori | A i mate a Harana i te oranga ano o tona papa o Teraha i te whenua i whanau ai ia, i Uru o nga Karari. |
| Norwegian | Og Haran døde hos sin far Tarah i sitt fedreland, i Ur i Kaldea. |
| Portuguese | Harã morreu antes de seu pai Tera, na terra do seu nascimento, em Ur dos Caldeus. |
| Rumanian | Wi Haran a murit kn faya tatqlui squ Terah, kn yara kn care se nqscuse, kn Ur kn Haldea. - |
| Swedish | Och Haran dog hos sin fader Tera i sitt fädernesland, i det kaldeiska Ur. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "VR": vroom, vroomed, vrooming, vrooms, vrouw, vrouws, vrow, vrows. (additional references) | |
Words containing "VR": chevre, chevres, chevron, chevrons, lavrock, lavrocks, livre, livres, louvre, louvred, louvres, manoeuvre, manoeuvred, manoeuvres, manoeuvring, oeuvre, oeuvres, sevruga, sevrugas, sovran, sovranly, sovrans, sovranties, sovranty, vouvray, vouvrays. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "r-v" | |
+1 letter: rev, var. | |
+2 letters: arvo, aver, ever, over, rave, revs, rive, rove, vair, vara, vars, vary, veer, vera, verb, vert, very, vier, virl, vrow. | |
+3 letters: aiver, arval, arvos, avers, avert, bevor, brava, brave, bravi, bravo, breve, carve, caver, cover, crave, curve, curvy, diver, drave, drive, drove, elver, ervil, evert, every, favor, fever, fiver, giver, grave, gravy, grove, haver, hover, invar, ivory, jiver, larva, laver, lever, liver, livre, lover, marvy, mover, navar, nerve, nervy, never, ovary, overs, overt, parve, parvo, paver, privy, prove, raved, ravel, raven, raver, raves, ravin, reave, reeve, reive, revel, revet, revue, rival, rived, riven, river, rives, rivet, roved, roven, rover, roves, saver, savor, serve, servo, sever, siver, trave, trove, vairs, valor, vapor, varas, varia, varix, varna, varus, varve, veers, veery, velar, verbs, verge, verse, verso, verst, verts, vertu, verve, vexer, vicar, viers, vigor, viler, viper, viral, vireo, vires, virga, virid, virls, virtu, virus, visor, vizir, vizor, volar, vomer, voter, vower, vroom, vrouw, vrows, waver, wiver. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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