RV

See also: rv., RV., R/V, R.V., and R. V.

Translingual

Etymology

Initialism for German Ryom-Verzeichnis (“Ryom-Catalog”).

Proper noun

RV

1. (music) Initialism, used in combination with a reference number to indicate a particular work of music by Antonio Vivaldi according to a catalog originally assembled by Danish musicologist Peter Ryom.

Further reading

• Ryom-Verzeichnis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Proper noun

RV

1. (biblical) Initialism of Revised Version.

Noun

RV (plural RVs or RV's)

1. (US, automotive) Initialism of recreational vehicle.
   • 2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 67:

     Mostly old and pensioned, theyʼd troll the streets in their out-of-state license-plated RVs looking for the last link to their youths.

   • 2021 August 23, Jay Caspian Kang, “Zen and the Art of #VanLife Influencing”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     According to Outdoorsy, an R.V. share app, millennial R.V. rental bookings went up 70 percent from 2019 to 2020.

2. (astronautics) Initialism of reentry vehicle.

   Hyponyms: MRV, MIRV

   Coordinate terms: LV, SLV

3. (transport) Abbreviation of return vehicle.

   Hyponym: ERV

4. (nautical) Initialism of research vessel.

   Synonyms: R/V, R./V., R.V., R. V., RS, R.S., R. S., R./S., R/S

5. (military) Initialism of rendezvous, a position where units are to meet.

   RV point

   • 2007 Pte John Catterson, Army The Soldiers Newspaper, The Australian Army (Retrieved 14 July 2009)

     Once all mounted up, the two multiples sped off to the emergency RV point.

6. Initialism of raw vegan.
7. (physiology) Initialism of residual volume.
8. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of right ventricle.
9. (medicine) Initialism of rectal varicosity.
10. (politics) Initialism of registered voter.
11. (statistics) Initialism of random variable.
12. Abbreviation of rhinovirus.

Alternative forms

• (recreational vehicle): R.V.
• (research vessel): R.V., R. V., R/V
• (random variable): r.v.

Derived terms

• (reentry vehicle): MIRV, MRV

See also

• (right ventricle): LA, LV, RA

Verb

RV (third-person singular simple present RVs or RV's, present participle RVing or RV'ing or RV-ing, simple past and past participle RVed or RV'd or RV'ed)

1. To travel in a recreational vehicle.
2. (military) To rendezvous.

   We'll RV at the crossroads in Brandon at twenty hundred.

Anagrams

• V. R., V.R., VR, Vr, v/r

Japanese

Etymology

From English RV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ːɾɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

RV(アールブイ) • (ārubui) 

1. an RV; a recreational vehicle
   • 2013, Autodoa tatsujin-tachi no kyanpingu kā to ōto kyanpu jutsu [Outdoor experts’ camping car and car-camping techniques]‎^[2], page 127:

     日(に)本(ほん)R(アール)V(ブイ)協(きょう)会(かい)が提(てい)唱(しょう)するR(アール)V(ブイ)パークとは、クルマ旅(たび)を快(かい)適(てき)に楽(たの)しむ

     Nihon Ārubui Kyōkai ga teishō suru ārubui pāku to wa, kuruma tabi o kaiteki ni tanoshimu

     An RV park recommend by the Japan RV Association is a comfortable place to enjoy automobile travel

2. an SUV; a sport utility vehicle
   • 1998, Oyamada Ryōzō, Sekai o sasaeru Nihon gijutsu [Japanese products that sustain the world]‎^[3], page 21:

     新(しん)製(せい)品(ひん)開(かい)発(はつ)によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではR(アール)V(ブイ)(レジャー用(よう)多(た)目(もく)的(てき)車(くるま))が伸(の)びたこと、家(か)電(でん)ソニー（二(にじゅう)七(なな)位(い)）のミニディスクなどのデジタルA(エー)V(ブイ)

     Shinseihin kaihatsu ni yoru mono deari, Toyota ya Honda de wa ārubui (rejā yō tamokuteki kuruma) ga nobita koto, kaden Sonī (nijūnanai) no Minidisuku nado no dejitaru ēbui

     This is due to the growth of new product development, such as SUVs (sport utility multipurpose vehicles) from Toyota and Honda, and home electronics such as Sony’s (27th place) minidisc digital audio player