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Definition: EV |
EVNoun1. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eV" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Energy | A vehicle powered by electricity,usually provided by batteries but may also be provided by photovoltaic (solar) cellsor a fuel cell. (ELECTRIC VEHICLE). (references) |
Space | Electron volt, a measure of the energy of subatomic particles. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
eV | English | Electron volt | N/A |
eV | French | Electronvolt | N/A |
eV | German | Elektron(en)volt | N/A |
EV | Italian | Ogni | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: EVSynonym: electron volt (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: EV |
| Specialty definitions using "eV": electron-volt ♦ gamma rays ♦ HYBRID VEHICLE ♦ Neutron, thermal. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "EV" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (age, century, epoch), Turkish (accommodation unit, crib, domestic, domicil, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, dwelling place, habitation, hangout, home, house, household, housing, inhabitation, place, residence, rooms, settlement). |
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Movie/TV Titles | EV Nova (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Gee -- thanks Ev!.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "EV" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 46.11% of the time. "EV" is used about 193 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 |
| Unclassified Items | 46.11% | 89 | 34,931 |
| Noun (proper) | 20.21% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Noun (common) | 19.69% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (singular) | 12.44% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.55% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 193 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "eV": ev-ev-ev-ever. | |
| 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 |
ev | 288 | epson ev | 7 |
ev nova | 80 | casio ev 670 | 7 |
ev speaker | 66 | code ev nova | 7 |
ev kiralik | 14 | dekorasyon ev | 7 |
ev nova serial | 13 | casio ev 4500 | 7 |
ev prefabrik | 13 | ev part | 6 |
converse ev pro | 13 | kiralik ev | 6 |
satilik ev | 12 | ev global motor | 6 |
ev override | 11 | ev c200 | 6 |
ev warrior | 10 | ev tekstili | 6 |
ev 1 | 10 | 14 ev | 6 |
ev pro | 10 | ev kütük | 6 |
ev battery | 9 | ev car | 6 |
toyota rav4 ev | 9 | 1.0.4 ev nova | 6 |
cheat ev nova | 9 | ev hill | 6 |
ev logistics | 9 | code ev nova registration | 5 |
ev rav4 | 9 | ev sparrow | 5 |
ev world | 8 | ev ford ranger | 5 |
ev microphone | 8 | ev free fullerton | 5 |
dekorasyonu ev | 8 | ev motor | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "eV"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | Ñлектронвольт. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eV": evacuant, evacuants, evacuate, evacuated, evacuates, evacuating, evacuation, evacuations, evacuative, evacuee, evacuees, evadable, evade, evaded, evader, evaders, evades, evadible, evading, evagination, evaginations, evaluate, evaluated, evaluates, evaluating, evaluation, evaluations, evaluative, evaluator, evaluators, evanesce, evanesced, evanescence, evanescences, evanescent, evanesces, evanescing, evangel, evangelic, evangelical, evangelically, evangelicals, evangelism, evangelisms, evangelist, evangelistic, evangelistically, evangelists, evangelization, evangelizations, evangelize. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "eV": dev, ganev, lev, maglev, rev, tolarjev. (additional references) | |
Words containing "eV": abbreviate, abbreviated, abbreviates, abbreviating, abbreviation, abbreviations, abbreviator, abbreviators, achievable, achieve, achieved, achievement, achievements, achiever, achievers, achieves, achieving, aggrieve, aggrieved, aggrievedly, aggrievement, aggrievements, aggrieves, aggrieving, alevin, alevins, alleviate, alleviated, alleviates, alleviating, alleviation, alleviations, alleviator, alleviators, antevert, anteverted, anteverting, anteverts, antidevelopment, antievolution, antievolutionary, antievolutionism, antievolutionisms, antievolutionist, antievolutionists, antirevolutionaries, antirevolutionary, asseverate, asseverated, asseverates, asseverating. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "e-v" | |
+1 letter: ave, dev, eve, lev, rev, vee, veg, vet, vex, vie, voe. | |
+2 letters: aver, aves, bevy, cave, cove, deva, devs, dive, dove, eave, envy, even, ever, eves, evil, fave, five, gave, give, gyve, have, hive, hove, jive, lave, leva, levo, levy, live, love, move, nave, neve, nevi, oven, over, pave, rave, revs, rive, rove, save, uvea, vale, vane, vase, veal, veep, veer, vees, veil, vein, vela, veld, vena, vend, vent, vera, verb, vert, very, vest, veto, vets, vext, vibe, vice, vide, vied, vier, vies, view, vile, vine, vise, vive, voes, vole, vote, wave, wive, wove. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 56 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). ...- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01010110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E V |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0056 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3956 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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