Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

v2

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: v2
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

1

Letters

1

Syllables

1

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The airspeed at which an aircraft leaves the runway on takeoff.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of V-twin.

noun

Alternative form of V-2 (WWII rocket)

noun

Abbreviation of verb-second (word order).

Example Sentences

"Mr. A. J. Somers writes to say that the "V2" which caused the scrapping of "J17" 0-6-0, No. 8200, was not of the 2-6-2 type, but a considerably more destructive German rocket!"
"As all the Germanic languages are V2 languages (except English, which also has neither object shift nor scrambling), and as the examples are main clauses without auxiliary verbs, the main verb has moved to C."

Etymology

From velocity, where this is the second important velocity.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

V2s (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

V1 VD VMO VNE VR Vs0 Vs Vxse

Questions

What does v2 mean?: The airspeed at which an aircraft leaves the runway on takeoff.
Where does v2 come from?: From velocity, where this is the second important velocity.

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