BV
BV, B.V., Bv, bV, or bv may refer to:
In arts and entertainment
- Backing vocal, in music, a vocal harmony with the lead vocalist provided by one or more backing vocalists
- Busoni-Verzeichnis, a catalogue of compositions by Ferruccio Busoni
Companies and organizations
- Beaulieu Vineyard, a Napa Valley winery
- Besloten vennootschap, a type of Dutch private limited liability company. Dutch for "private company", similar to the American concept of a limited liability company.
- Bicycle Victoria, an Australian bicycle advocacy organisation
- Black & Veatch, a U.S.-based engineering, consulting and construction company
- Blue Panorama Airlines (IATA airline designator)
- Bottega Veneta, a manufacturer of luxury leather goods
- Bureau Veritas, a testing, inspection, and certification company (stock symbol BV)
Science and medicine
Biology and medicine
- Bacterial vaginosis, the most common cause of vaginal infection
- Belch Vocalizations, the most common form of intra-group communication among the mountain gorilla
- Biological value, a measure of the proportion of absorbed protein from a food which becomes incorporated into the proteins of the organism's body
- Binocular vision, vision in which both eyes are used together
- Blood vessel, part of the circulatory system that transports blood throughout the body
- Biovar, a rank below species often written as bv.
Mathematics and computing
Other uses in science and technology
- Bavarian B V, early German 2-4-0 type of locomotive of the Royal Bavarian State Railways
- Bed volume, the volume of material in a vessel (e.g. of a catalyst in a vessel, or stationary phase in column chromatography)
- Boiling vessel, equipment provided to an armoured vehicle for heating food or water (chiefly British)
- Breakdown voltage, the minimum voltage that causes an insulator to become electrically conductive
- Lohner B.V, a variant of the Lohner B.II military reconnaissance aircraft
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Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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