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Definition: RV |
RVNoun1. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "RV" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1918. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The residual volume is the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of a maximal expiration; it is measured indirectly as a subdivision of the FRC; the RV is obtained by simply subtracting the expiratory reserve volume, ERV, from the functional residue. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A Recreational vehicle or RV is a vehicle containing living accommodations, which can include bedding, food preparation and storage areas, and toilet facilities. While RVs are intended for camping, some people, especially retirees, live in their units and are known as fulltimers. Some people live in RVs because they lack funds for more conventional housing. Some people craft their own RVs out of used passenger and school buses. Some RVs are very elaborate, containing satellite TV reception, slide-out wall panels, and awnings; many RVs can cost in excess of US$ 100,000 and some can cost up to US$ 1 million. RVs can be rented in major U.S. cities; RV travel is an ideal way for Europeans, and our other foreign guests, to experience the dozens of U.S. national parks and forests -- and thousands of miles of scenic highways.Many RV campers stay at recreational vehicle parks, most of which feature electrical and other utility service (full hookups), as well as swimming pools, campfires and even destination-resort activities such as horseback riding.
Advantages of RVs include not having to move one's things in and out of motel rooms, not having to rent multiple motel rooms, and the fact that preparing food saves money compared to eating in restaurants. Kids also tend to like RVs.
Disadvantages of RVs include very low fuel economy, lack of maid service as experienced in motels, and the fact that some RV models can be unstable and/or difficult to drive.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Recreational vehicle."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Triton, a prototype British tri-maran which is a scaled-down model of a future frigate. The Triton name is presumably a deliberate reference to the maritime god incorporating the prefix "tri" which relates well to the three parallel hulls. The outer hulls or stabilisers are thinner and much shorter than the dominant central hull.See also HMS Triton.
- A website with pictures and technical details:
- http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/trimaran/
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "RV Triton."
| 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 |
RV | Dutch | Ruwvet | N/A |
rv | English | Relief valve | N/A |
RV | French | Rhinite vasomotrice | Medicine |
RV | German | Röhrenvoltmeter | Electrical Engineering, Meteorology & Standards |
RV | Italian | Volume residuo | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: RVSynonym: recreational vehicle (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: RV |
| Specialty definitions using "RV": Residual Volume ♦ special place. (references) |
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Lyrics | Holds meetings in his RV (Soak Up the Sun; performing artist: SHERYL CROW) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Tent and RV camping at Squaw Lake Recreation Area. Credit: Lori Cook. |
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| "RVer" by Loretta Humble Commentary: "I met these people at an RV encampment. Nice folks." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Tauxe RV, Hughes JM. Foodborne disease. (references) | |
Tauxe RV. Epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni infections in the United States and other industrialized nations. (references) | ||
Shapiro RL, Altekruse S, Hutwagner L, Bishop R, Hammond R, Wilson S, Ray B, Thompson S, Tauxe RV, Griffin PM, and the Vibrio Working Group. (references) | ||
Business | RV rental and fly/drive packages offer the vacationer a chance to combine different types of vacations. (references) | |
The British are fond of scenic drives with the Grand Canyon, a popular fly/drive or RV rental destination. (references) | ||
Tour operators report that they are increasingly looking for new and different things to do. Fly/drive holidays are popular, as are motorhome and RV rentals. (references) | ||
Economic History | Japan | For example, an RV park opened in June 2001 near Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. (references) |
Australia | Good development opportunities exist in specialist holidays, such as self-drive car rentals and RV holidays, skiing, and adventure travel. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "RV" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "RV" is used about 12 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) | 66.67% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (common) | 25% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Holiday RV Superstores, Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| 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 |
rv | 6,951 | rv manufacturer | 360 |
rv rental | 5,499 | rv motor home | 358 |
rv trader | 1,948 | rv awning | 354 |
rv part | 1,288 | rv insurance | 335 |
rv sale | 1,123 | keystone rv | 327 |
rv park | 1,122 | rv air conditioner | 319 |
rv campground | 877 | rv trailer | 265 |
rv supply | 873 | coachman rv | 245 |
rv accessory | 846 | forest river rv | 236 |
rv dealer | 743 | rv resort | 218 |
rv loan | 698 | rv classifieds | 218 |
rv sales | 693 | rv refrigerator | 215 |
used rv | 623 | rv generator | 208 |
rv financing | 583 | rv park for sale | 180 |
rent rv | 583 | rv cover | 169 |
fleetwood rv | 507 | rv rental california | 168 |
rv camper | 499 | kelly blue book rv | 167 |
rv blue book | 479 | dutchman rv | 162 |
rv camping | 417 | el monte rv | 155 |
rv trader online | 397 | rv america | 152 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "RV"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | lakóautó (camper, dormobil, mobile home, motor caravan). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | キャリア組 (base, calibration, camp, camp in, camp site, camper, camper-van, campfire, camping, campus, campus shoes, campus wear, cancel, canceler, canceller, cancer, candle, candle service, candlestick, candy, cantaloupe, canter, canvas, career bureaucrats, carol, carriage, mobile home, model featured in an advertising campaign). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | キャンピングカー (camper-van, mobile home). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | rvay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words containing "RV": acervate, acervuli, acervulus, anticonservation, anticonservationist, anticonservationists, anticonservations, arborvitae, arborvitaes, archconservative, archconservatives, arval, arvo, arvos, ayurveda, ayurvedas, carvacrol, carvacrols, carve, carved, carvel, carvels, carven, carver, carvers, carves, carving, carvings, cervelas, cervelases, cervelat, cervelats, cervical, cervices, cervicitis, cervicitises, cervid, cervine, cervix, cervixes, chervil, chervils, clairvoyance, clairvoyances, clairvoyant, clairvoyantly, clairvoyants, coacervate, coacervates, coacervation, coacervations. (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. | |
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