PV can refer to

Biology

• Periventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
• Poliovirus
• Pathovar, a classification scheme for bacteria

The Periventricular nucleus is a composite structure of the hypothalamus. ... Poliomyelitis (polio) is a viral paralytic disease. ... A pathovar is a bacterial strain or set of strains with the same or similar characteristics, that is differentiated at infrasubspecific level from other strains of the same species or subspecies on the basis of distinctive pathogenicity to one or more plant hosts. ...

Chemistry / Physics

• The product of pressure and volume, such as in the ideal gas equation PV=nRT

The ideal gas law, or universal gas equation, is an equation of state of an ideal gas. ...

Economics

• The present value of money.

The present value of a future cash flow is the nominal amount of money to change hands at some future date, discounted to account for the time value of money. ... Economics offers various definitions for money, though it is now commonly defined by the functions attached to any good or token that functions in trade as a medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account. ...

Engineering

• Photovoltaics, the application of solar cell technology, a form of solar power.
• Traffic signals with programmable visiblity

Photovoltaics, or PV for short, is a solar power technology that uses solar cells or solar photovoltaic arrays to convert energy from the sun into electricity. ... A solar cell, made from a monocrystalline silicon wafer A solar cell (or a photovoltaic cell) is a device that converts photons from the sun (solar light) into electricity. ... Solar power describes a number of methods of harnessing energy from the light of the sun. ... Traffic lights will sometimes differ where there are several lanes of traffic. ...

Entertainment

• A previously viewed movie (that has been a rental before being sold)
• Promotional video (music video)

// Music Video A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film or video meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. ...

Geography

• A postal village
• Paradise Valley, Arizona
• Palos Verdes, California

A postal village is generally a community, settlement, or hamlet (place) that has a post office and is designated as such by the postal service. ... Paradise Valley is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 14,558. ...

Literature

• Point of view

A point of view, viewpoint or POV, is the following: On a given topic, a point of view is a cognitive perspective. ...

Politics

• "Pamulaparti Venkatanarasimharao", the former Prime Minister of India was popularly known as PV, PVN Rao or P.V. Narasimha Rao. His family name is Pamulaparti and given name is Venkatanarasimharao, also written "Venkata Narasimha Rao". He was the first Telugu Brahmin Prime Minister of India from Andhra Pradesh.

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (June 28, 1921 - December 23, 2004) was the ninth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... Andhra Pradesh  : (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్, Urdu: آندھرا پردیش, IPA: ), is a state in South India. ...

Transportation

• The Lockheed PV Ventura bomber and patrol aircraft of World War II
• PAN Air, IATA airline designator
• Suzuki PV, a moped
• Volvo PV

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