VR

See also: Vr, v/r, v. r., V. R., and V.R.

English

Proper noun

VR

1. (Britain) Initialism of Victoria Regina. (on coins, letterboxes, etc.) The royal cypher for Queen Victoria, queen regnant of Great Britian

Noun

VR (countable and uncountable, plural VRs)

1. Initialism of virtual reality.
2. Initialism of variant reading. (of a manuscript)
3. Initialism of vocational rehabilitation.
4. Initialism of Volunteer Reserve Services Medal.
5. Initialism of visual range.
6. Initialism of vitrinite reflectance.
7. (aviation) The rotation speed of an aircraft (the speed during takeoff at which the pilot raises the nose in preparation for liftoff).

Alternative forms

• (visual range): Vr

Related terms

(virtual reality):

• AR (“augmented reality”)
• RR (“real reality”)

(visual range):

• BVR (“beyond visual range”)
• WVR (“within visual range”)

(aviation):

• V1
• V2
• VD
• VMO
• VNE
• Vs
  • Vs0
• Vx
  • Vxse
• Vy
  • Vyse

Anagrams

• R/V, RV, RV.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːˌær/, [ˈʋe̞ːˌær]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːˌærːæ/, [ˈʋe̞ːˌærːæ]

Etymology 1

Originally an initialism of Valtionrautatiet (literally “State Railways”), the name of the state-owned company that maintained the Finnish railway network. It was later merged into the newly created VR Group, restructuring the existing company into a private one by 1995 (which however remains government-owned):

Proper noun

VR

1. The Finnish government-owned railway company; VR Group.

Declension

Declension of VR (type koira) singular plural nominative VR – genitive VR:n – partitive VR:ää – accusative VR VR:n – inessive VR:ssä – elative VR:stä – illative VR:ään – adessive VR:llä – ablative VR:ltä – allative VR:lle – essive VR:nä – translative VR:ksi – instructive – – abessive VR:ttä – comitative – –

Etymology 2

From English VR.

Noun

VR

1. VR; virtual reality

   Synonym: virtuaalitodellisuus

   VR-lasit ― VR headset

Declension

Declension of VR (type koira) singular plural nominative VR VR:t genitive VR:n VR:ien partitive VR:ää VR:iä accusative VR VR:n VR:t inessive VR:ssä VR:issä elative VR:stä VR:istä illative VR:ään VR:iin adessive VR:llä VR:illä ablative VR:ltä VR:iltä allative VR:lle VR:ille essive VR:nä VR:inä translative VR:ksi VR:iksi instructive – VR:in abessive VR:ttä VR:ittä comitative – VR:ineen

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Japanese

Etymology

From English VR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝia̠ːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

V(ブイ)R(アール) • (buiāru) 

1. Initialism of バーチャルリアリティ (bācharu riariti, “virtual reality”).