SV

See also: sv, Sv, s.v., .sv, S/V, and S.V.

Translingual

Symbol

SV

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for El Salvador.

   Synonym: SLV (alpha-3)

English

Alternative forms

• (selective volunteer): S.V., S. V.
• (sailing vessel, steam vessel): S.V., S. V., S/V
• (baseball): Sv, Sv., SV.

Noun

SV (countable and uncountable, plural SVs)

1. Abbreviation of stop valve.
2. (baseball) Abbreviation of saves.
3. (nautical) steamship; Initialism of steam vessel.
4. (nautical) sailboat; Initialism of sailing vessel.
5. (military) Initialism of selective volunteer.
6. (control theory) Initialism of setpoint variable.
7. (physiology) Initialism of stroke volume.
8. (genetics) Initialism of structural variant.
   • 2023 May 11, Wen-Wei Liao, Mobin Asri, Jana Ebler, et al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI, page 313:

     Previous studies have identified tens of megabases of sequence contained within structural variants (SVs) that are polymorphic within the population⁵.

9. (business) Initialism of shareholder value.
10. Initialism of sexual violence.
11. (gymnastics) Initialism of start value (before score deductions).

Coordinate terms

• (steam vessel): SS (screw steamer), PS (paddle steamer), TS (turbine steamer)

Related terms

• (sailing vessel): SY (sailing yacht), SS (sailing ship); MV (motor vessel);
• (steam vessel): SY (steam yacht), SS (steam ship); MV (motor vessel);

Translations

sailing vessel

French: B/V

Proper noun

SV

1. Abbreviation of Silicon Valley.
2. (fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Anagrams

• V's, VS, Vs, v's, v.s., vs, vs.

French

Noun

SV m (invariable)

1. initialism of syntagme verbal (“verb phrase; VP”)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

SV

1. abbreviation of Schülervertretung
2. abbreviation of Sicherungsverwahrung
3. abbreviation of Sozialversicherung
4. (sports) abbreviation of Sportverein

   Synonym: SVG

5. (law) abbreviation of Sachverhalt

Romanian

Proper noun

SV

1. abbreviation of Suceava: a county of Romania