"HGV" meaning in All languages combined

See HGV on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: HGVs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-noun}} HGV (plural HGVs)
  1. (UK, automotive, transport) Initialism of heavy goods vehicle (“a lorry/truck weighing more than 3.5 tons”). Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: heavy goods vehicle (extra: (“a lorry/truck weighing more than 3.5 tons”).)
    Sense id: en-HGV-en-noun-en:heavy_goods_vehicle Categories (other): British English, Automotive, Transport, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 36 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 34 36 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  2. (aviation, aerospace, military) Initialism of hypersonic glide vehicle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hypersonic glide vehicle
    Sense id: en-HGV-en-noun-en:hypersonic_glide_vehicle Categories (other): Aerospace, Aviation, Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 36 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 34 36 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  3. (rare, pathology, virology) Abbreviation of hepatitis G virus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, rare Alternative form of: hepatitis G virus Related terms (hepatitis G virus): HAV (english: hepatitis A virus), HBV (english: hepatitis B virus), HCV (english: hepatitis C virus), HDV (english: hepatitis D virus), HEV (english: hepatitis E virus), HFV (english: hepatitis F virus), HHV (english: hepatitis H virus)
    Sense id: en-HGV-en-noun-en:hepatitis_G_virus Categories (other): Pathology, Virology, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 36 35 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 34 36 Topics: biology, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, virology Disambiguation of 'hepatitis G virus': 11 12 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: artic, GVWR, GCWR, GAWR (english: weight ratings of trucks/lorries), eighteen-wheeler, lorry [UK], pantechnicon, semi, semi-trailer, tractor-trailer, truck, wagon, glide, hypersonic, hypersonic strike vehicle, ICBM (english: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile), PGS (english: Prompt Global Strike), RV (english: reentry vehicle), vehicle, GBV-C (taxonomic: GB virus C), HPgV (english: human pegvirus)

Inflected forms

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