via
/ˈvaɪə/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
noun
An electrical connection which connects two or more layers on a printed circuit board or an integrated circuit.
prep
prep
By (means of); using.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha."
- "You can enter the building via the western gate."
- "I'll send you the information via e-mail."
- "Under the assumptions of Proposition 5 the entropies h(τ) and H(k) are related via the following equation: […]"
- "A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone."
- "White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Possible doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *weǵʰ-