PV

PV may refer to:

In computing:

• Page view, a metric in web analytics
• Semaphores, from P and V operations in semaphores restricting processes in a shared environment
• Principle Variation, the sequence of moves in a game tree currently believed to represent best play
• Paravirtualization, a technique for the virtualization of guest operating systems in virtual machines

In biology or medicine:

• Periventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
• Pharmacovigilance
• Poliovirus
• Pathovar, a classification scheme for bacteria
• Polycythemia vera, a condition in which there is a net increase in the total number of red blood cells in the body
• Per vaginam, anatomical expression meaning from the vagina
• Pemphigus vulgaris

In chemistry / physics:

• The product of pressure and volume, such as in the ideal gas equation PV=nRT
• Protecting group, as Pv, Pivaloyl protecting group
• Parity Violation
• Peroxide value
• The mineral perovskite, as Pv

In consumer products:

• Personal Vaporiser, more accurate/descriptive term for the class of products known as Electronic Cigarettes

In culture:

• Private view of an exhibition
• Perón Vuelve
• Pura Vida usage: Costa Rica

In meteorology or physical oceanography:

• Potential vorticity

In economics:

• Present value of money

In engineering:

• Photovoltaics, a technology for converting sunlight directly into electricity
• Programmed visibility of traffic signals
• Pressure x Velocity, the product of pressure and velocity, as required for bearing capacity calculations
• Process Variable, avariable representing the current states or value of the process being controlled in a feedback control loop

In entertainment:

• Promotional video, a type of music video
• Powerviolence, a subgenre of Hardcore punk

In geography:

• Postal village
• Paradise Valley, Arizona
• Prescott Valley, Arizona
• Palos Verdes, California
• Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
• Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

In literature:

• Point of view (literature)

In mathematics:

• Pisot–Vijayaraghavan number, often abbreviated as PV-number
• Cauchy principal value, a method for assigning values to certain improper integrals which would otherwise be undefined

In politics:

• Pamulaparti Venkatanarasimharao, former Prime Minister of India, popularly known as PV
• Partido Verde, the Brazilian Green Party

In transportation:

• Pasažieru Vilciens, a Latvian passenger-carrying railway company
• PV-1 Ventura, a World War II-era bomber and patrol aircraft
• PAN Air IATA airline designator
• Volvo PV
• Presta valve, one of the two common tire valves

In sports:

• Port Vale F.C., an English football club

In statistics:

• Predictor Variable, a variable used in regression to predict another variable. Also known as an independent variable.

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