"PPV" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PPVs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PPV (countable and uncountable, plural PPVs)
  1. (television) Initialism of pay-per-view. Wikidata QID: Q851440 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: pay-per-view
    Sense id: en-PPV-en-noun-en:Q851440 Categories (other): Television Topics: broadcasting, media, television
  2. Initialism of purchase price variance. Wikidata QID: Q7242636 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: purchase price variance Hypernyms: variance, difference
    Sense id: en-PPV-en-noun-en:Q7242636
  3. (biology) Porcine parvovirus, a virus causing reproductive failure of swine. Wikidata QID: Q749058 Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: virus, pathogen
    Sense id: en-PPV-en-noun-en:Q749058 Categories (other): Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  4. (polymer) Initialism of polyphenylene vinylene. Wikidata QID: Q409353 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: polyphenylene vinylene Hypernyms: polymer, compound, substance, material
    Sense id: en-PPV-en-noun-en:Q409353 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Polymer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 23 7 31 2 7 5 13 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 13 19 6 26 5 15 6 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 22 7 33 1 7 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 22 7 33 1 7 5 11 Disambiguation of Polymer: 1 6 4 78 2 2 1 5
  5. (medicine, firefighting) Initialism of positive-pressure ventilation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: positive-pressure ventilation Hypernyms: MV, ventilation
    Sense id: en-PPV-en-noun-en:subset_of_Q3766250 Categories (other): Firefighting, Medicine Topics: firefighting, government, medicine, sciences
  6. (countable, by extension) A positive-pressure ventilation machine: a PPV device. Tags: broadly, countable Hypernyms: ventilator, device Derived forms: HFPPV (english: high frequency positive pressure ventilation), IPPV (english: intermittent positive pressure ventilation), NPPV (english: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation), NiPPV (english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation), NIPPV (english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation), iPPV Related terms: NPV (english: negative pressure ventilation), NIV (english: non-invasive ventilation)
    Sense id: en-PPV-en-noun-en:subset_of_Q813243
  7. (law enforcement) Initialism of police pursuit vehicle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: police pursuit vehicle Hypernyms: police car, car, motor vehicle, vehicle
    Sense id: en-PPV-en-noun-en:subset_of_Q868601 Categories (other): Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
  8. (surgery) Initialism of peritoneal pull-through vaginoplasty. Wikidata QID: Q116755376 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: peritoneal pull-through vaginoplasty Synonyms: PPT Hypernyms: operation, surgery, procedure
    Sense id: en-PPV-en-noun-en:Q116755376 Categories (other): Surgery Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q116755376"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "PPV"
}

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