VR

See also: Vr, v/r, vr., v. r., V. R., and V.R.

English

Alternative forms

• V.R., V. R.

Proper noun

VR

1. (British) Initialism of Victoria Regina (on coins, letterboxes, etc.) The royal cypher for Queen Victoria, queen regnant of the United Kingdom.

   Synonyms: VIR, VRI, VI

2. (rail transport) The station code of Virar railway station in India.
3. (Australia, rail transport, obsolete) Initialism of Victorian Railways.

Noun

VR (countable and uncountable, plural VRs)

1. Initialism of virtual reality.
   • 2020 December 22, Tyler Colp, “The Vtuber Industry: Corporatization, Labor, and Kawaii”, in Vice‎, archived from the original on 22 December 2020:

     (Cover started out as a company in the AR and VR business, but moved into the virtual talent sector; Ichikara is a startup designed to support their virtual talent)

2. Initialism of variant reading (of a manuscript)
3. Initialism of vocational rehabilitation.
4. Initialism of Volunteer Reserve Services Medal.
5. Initialism of visual range.
6. Initialism of vitrinite reflectance.
7. (aviation) The rotation speed of an aircraft (the speed during takeoff at which the pilot raises the nose in preparation for liftoff).
8. (medicine) Initialism of vaginal ring.

Alternative forms

• (visual range): Vr

Related terms

(virtual reality):

• AR (“augmented reality”)
• RR (“real reality”)

(visual range):

• BVR (“beyond visual range”)
• WVR (“within visual range”)

(aviation):

• V1
• V2
• VD
• VMO
• VNE
• Vs
  • Vs0
• Vx
  • Vxse
• Vy
  • Vyse

(other):

• VR tube

Anagrams

• R/V, RV., RV, R. V., R.V.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːˌær/, [ˈʋe̞ːˌær]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːˌærːæ/, [ˈʋe̞ːˌærːæ]
• Rhymes: -ær

Etymology 1

Originally an initialism of Valtionrautatiet (literally “State Railways”), the name of the state-owned company that maintained the Finnish railway network. It was later merged into the newly created VR Group, restructuring the existing company into a private one by 1995 (which however remains government-owned).

Proper noun

VR

1. The Finnish government-owned railway company; VR Group.

Declension

Inflection of VR (Kotus type 10/koira) singular plural nominative VR – genitive VR:n – partitive VR:ää – accusative VR VR:n – inessive VR:ssä – elative VR:stä – illative VR:ään – adessive VR:llä – ablative VR:ltä – allative VR:lle – essive VR:nä – translative VR:ksi – abessive VR:ttä – instructive – – comitative – –

Etymology 2

From English VR.

Noun

VR

1. VR; virtual reality

   Synonym: virtuaalitodellisuus

   VR-lasit ― VR headset

Declension

Inflection of VR (Kotus type 10/koira) singular plural nominative VR VR:t genitive VR:n VR:ien partitive VR:ää VR:iä accusative VR VR:n VR:t inessive VR:ssä VR:issä elative VR:stä VR:istä illative VR:ään VR:iin adessive VR:llä VR:illä ablative VR:ltä VR:iltä allative VR:lle VR:ille essive VR:nä VR:inä translative VR:ksi VR:iksi abessive VR:ttä VR:ittä instructive – VR:in comitative – VR:ineen

Derived terms

compounds

• VR-lasit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.ɛʁ/

Noun

VR m (plural VRs)

1. (North America) initialism of véhicule récréatif (“recreational vehicle”): RV

Japanese

Etymology

From English VR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ia̠ːɾɯ̟]

Noun

VR(ブイアール) • (buiāru) 

1. initialism of バーチャルリアリティ (bācharu riariti, “virtual reality”)