v \v\ v=e.
   1. v, the twenty-second letter of the english alphabet, is a
      vocal consonant. v and u are only varieties of the same
      character, u being the cursive form, while v is better
      adapted for engraving, as in stone. the two letters were
      formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively
      recent date words containing them were often classed
      together in dictionaries and other books of reference see
      u. the letter v is from the latin alphabet, where it
      was used both as a consonant about like english w and as
      a vowel. the latin derives it from a form v of the greek
      vowel upsilon see y, this greek letter being either
      from the same semitic letter as the digamma f see f,
      or else added by the greeks to the alphabet which they
      took from the semitic. etymologically v is most nearly
      related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois,
      habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. see u,
      f, etc.
      1913 webster see guide to pronunciation, sect 265;
      also sectsect 155, 169, 178-179, etc.
      1913 webster

   2. as a numeral, v stands for five, in english and latin.
      1913 webster
see also:
u y f 

v
     adj : being one more than four syn: five, 5
     n 1: a unit of potential equal to the potential difference
          between two points on a conductor carrying a current of
          1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two
          points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference
          across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current
          flows through it syn: volt
     2: a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel
        alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including
        carnotite and vanadinite syn: vanadium, atomic number
        23
     3: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one syn: five,
         5, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet,
         pentad, fin, phoebe, little phoebe
     4: the 22nd letter of the roman alphabet
see also:
five 5 volt vanadium atomic number 23 cinque 
quint quintet fivesome quintuplet pentad 
fin phoebe little phoebe 

v
     
        upper case v, ascii character 86, known in intercal as
        book.
     
        1. a testbed for distributed system research.
     
        2. wide-spectrum language used in the knowledge-based
        environment chi.  "research on knowledge-based software
        environments at kestrel inst", d.r.  smith et al, ieee trans
        soft eng se-1111:1278-1295 1985.
     
     
see also:
ascii intercal chi