KV
Encyclopedia
In physics and chemistry
- Voltage-gated potassium channelVoltage-gated potassium channelVoltage-gated potassium channels are transmembrane channels specific for potassium and sensitive to voltage changes in the cell's membrane potential. During action potentials, they play a crucial role in returning the depolarized cell to a resting state....
,a large family of potassium channels - KilovoltsVoltThe volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference, and electromotive force. The volt is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery.- Definition :A single volt is defined as the...
(kV), 1000 volts - The rating (Kv) of RPMs per voltVoltThe volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference, and electromotive force. The volt is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery.- Definition :A single volt is defined as the...
as used in reference to the rotational speed of brushless motors - Kv (flow factor), the flow factor of a liquid, defined as the flow of water with temperature ranging between 5° and 30° C through a valve in cubic meters per hour with a pressure drop of 1 bar
- the toughness of a material as defined by the Charpy V TestCharpy impact testThe Charpy impact test, also known as the Charpy v-notch test, is a standardized high strain-rate test which determines the amount of energy absorbed by a material during fracture. This absorbed energy is a measure of a given material's toughness and acts as a tool to study temperature-dependent...
. Unit: Joule.
Kosovo
According to GeonamesGeoNames
GeoNames is a geographical database available and accessible through various Web services, under a Creative Commons attribution license.- Database and web services :...
, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
has been assigned the FIPS country code KV. http://www.geonames.org/countries/XK/kosovo.html
The use of KV, however, has been limited but it is planned to become widespread in the near future.
Organisations
- Kendriya VidyalayaKendriya VidyalayaKendriya Vidyalaya, is a system of central government schools under the Ministry of Human Resource Development ....
, a system of schools for the children of public servants in India - The Katholieke Verkenners (Catholic Scouts), one of the Scouting organisations that evolved into Scouting NederlandScouting NederlandScouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with...
, the national Scouting organisation of the Netherlands - Koninklijke Voetbalclub (Royal Football Club) or Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging (Royal Football Union), found in the official names of several football (soccer) clubs in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium (e.g. KV Mechelen, Club Brugge K.V.)
- KV Racing Technology, an auto racing team
- KV PharmaceuticalKV PharmaceuticalKV Pharmaceutical Company is an American drug company that brings generic and non-branded pharmaceutical products to the market. Headquartered in St...
, a drug company
Vehicles and transport
- KavminvodyaviaKavminvodyaviaKavminvodyavia was an airline based in Mineralnye Vody in the Caucasus, Russia. It operated scheduled services to over 20 destinations in the northern Caucasus region and abroad, as well as charter services...
(a Russian airline), IATA operator code - Kliment Voroshilov tankKliment Voroshilov tankThe Kliment Voroshilov tanks were a series of Soviet heavy tanks, named after the Soviet defense commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov. The KV series were known for their extremely heavy armour protection during the early war, especially during the first year of the invasion of the Soviet...
s, a series of WWII heavy tanks of the Soviet Union - The prefix (NoCGV in English) for Norwegian Coast Guard vessels.
Other
- Komi languageKomi languageThe Komi language is a Finno-Permic language spoken by the Komi peoples in the northeastern European part of Russia. Komi is one of the two members of the Permic subgroup of the Finno-Ugric branch...
(ISO 639ISO 639ISO 639 is a set of standards by the International Organization for Standardization that is concerned with representation of names for language and language groups....
alpha-2) - Köchel-VerzeichnisKöchel-VerzeichnisThe Köchel-Verzeichnis is a complete, chronological catalogue of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart which was originally created by Ludwig von Köchel. It is abbreviated K or KV. For example, Mozart's Requiem in D minor was, according to Köchel's counting, the 626th piece Mozart composed....
, a chronological catalogue of all the compositions of Mozart: see Ludwig von Köchel - KV (Egypt), an acronym referring to tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt
- Kurt VonnegutKurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early...
- The class for records of the Security ServiceMI5The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence...
(MI5) at the National Archives of the United Kingdom - Kaikorai ValleyKaikorai ValleyKaikorai Valley is a long broad valley which runs through the west of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, to the west of the city centre. It is the valley of a small stream, the Kaikorai Stream,which runs from northeast to southwest down the length of the valley.The valley provides a route into...
, Dunedin, New Zealand- Kaikorai Valley CollegeKaikorai Valley CollegeKaikorai Valley College is a large co-educational secondary school in Dunedin, New Zealand. Initially starting as Kaikorai Valley High School in 1958, the school combined with Kenmure Intermediate School in 1996 to become Kaikorai Valley College, and in 2008 celebrated its 50th jubileeThe college...
, Dunedin (formerly Kaikorai Valley High School)
- Kaikorai Valley College
- Krippin Virus, the apocalyptic virus in the film I am LegendI Am Legend (film)I Am Legend is a 2007 post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. It is the third feature film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same name, following 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man. Smith plays virologist Robert...
- "10KV" can refer to the "Ten Key Values" of Green PoliticsGreen politicsGreen politics is a political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy...
- KV Kooduthal Vaayichittilla. A Malayalam slang literally refers "I Haven't read", originally meaning "no idea about it"