V
- V
- atomic symbol for vanadium
- value (of a quantity)
- “Magnitude of a particular quantity
generally expressed as a unit of measurement multiplied by a number” [VIM,
IUPAC]
(cf. numerical value)
- variance
- a measure of dispersion for a random variable, X,
equal to the expectation
of (X − μX)2 —
see also standard deviation
- VIM
- International Vocabulary of Basic and General
Terms in Metrology
- volumetric
- relating to measurement of or by volume, as
in volumetric glassware
- volumetric glassware
- glassware used in the laboratory to obtain or provide predetermined volumes
of liquid (e.g., volumetric flasks and pipettes)
- volumic
- The adjective volumic, when it modifies the name of a quantity, indicates
the quotient of that quantity and its associated volume, as in volumic
activity.
- volumic activity (of material)
- activity of a quantity of material divided by
its volume