ERV

See also: erv and érv

English

Etymology

Initialism.

Proper noun

ERV

1. (biblical) Initialism of English Revised Version.

Noun

ERV (countable and uncountable, plural ERVs)

1. (countable, virology, biology, genetics) Initialism of endogenous retrovirus.
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 147:

     Sequences derived from ERVs [...] appear to be heavily involved in gene regulatory networks.

2. (countable, astronautics, space flight) Initialism of Earth return vehicle.

   Hypernym: RV

3. (countable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilator.
4. (uncountable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilation.

Hypernyms

(endogenous retrovirus):

• RV (“retrovirus”)

Hyponyms

(endogenous retrovirus):

• HERV (“human endogenous retrovirus”)
• PERV (“porcine endogenous retrovirus”)

Coordinate terms

(spaceflight):

• MDV
• MAV
• MTV
• LEM

(ventilation/ventilator):

• HRV

Derived terms

(endogenous retrovirus):

• HERV (“human endogenous retrovirus”)
• PERV (“porcine endogenous retrovirus”)

Anagrams

• Rev, Rev., VRE, ev'r, rev, rev., ver, ver.