"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) Categories (topical): Automotive, Transport
    Sense id: en-HGV-en-noun-en:heavy_goods_vehicle Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 13 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 12 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 13 47 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  2. (aviation, aerospace, military) Initialism of hypersonic glide vehicle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hypersonic glide vehicle Categories (topical): Aerospace, Aviation, Military
    Sense id: en-HGV-en-noun-en:hypersonic_glide_vehicle Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 13 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 12 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 13 47 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 Categories (topical): Pathology, Virology
    Sense id: en-HGV-en-noun-en:hepatitis_G_virus Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 13 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 12 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 13 47 Topics: biology, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, virology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 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), 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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