"ERV" meaning in English

See ERV in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Initialism. Head templates: {{en-prop}} ERV
  1. (biblical) Initialism of English Revised Version. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: English Revised Version Categories (topical): Bible, Spacecraft
    Sense id: en-ERV-en-name-kIRRO9PA Disambiguation of Spacecraft: 42 21 34 1 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 23 22 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 24 22 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 26 23 0 0 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Noun

Forms: ERVs [plural]
Etymology: Initialism. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ERV (countable and uncountable, plural ERVs)
  1. (countable, virology, biology, genetics) Initialism of endogenous retrovirus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: endogenous retrovirus Categories (topical): Biology, Genetics, Virology, Spacecraft
    Sense id: en-ERV-en-noun-374er~Wi Disambiguation of Spacecraft: 42 21 34 1 2 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, sciences, virology
  2. (countable, astronautics, space flight) Initialism of Earth return vehicle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: Earth return vehicle Categories (topical): Astronautics, Space, Spacecraft
    Sense id: en-ERV-en-noun-s1WrlR2y Disambiguation of Spacecraft: 42 21 34 1 2 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (countable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: energy recovery ventilator
    Sense id: en-ERV-en-noun-XgR080cX
  4. (uncountable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: energy recovery ventilation
    Sense id: en-ERV-en-noun-XluImI17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: RV (english: retrovirus) Hyponyms: HERV (english: human endogenous retrovirus), PERV (english: porcine endogenous retrovirus) Derived forms: HERV (english: human endogenous retrovirus), PERV (english: porcine endogenous retrovirus) Coordinate_terms: MDV, MAV, MTV, LEM, HRV

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ERV meaning in English (4.2kB)

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