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An internal combustion engine configuration consisting of two cylinder banks, usually with the same number of cylinders in each bank, connected to a common crankshaft, and arranged at an angle to each other so as to form a V shape when viewed from the front of the engine.
An internal combustion engine with sixteen cylinders in two banks of eight in a V-shaped formation.
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-grid technology.
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-home technology.
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-infrastructure technology.
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-vehicle technology.
Abbreviation of vehicle-to-X technology.
An internal combustion engine with four cylinders in two banks of two in a V-shaped formation.
Initialism of vertical alignment (“LCD screen technology”).
Initialism of volt of alternating current.
A brake used on trains, working on the principle of keeping up a vacuum in a continuous pipe or pipes extending under the train, and in brake-cylinders connected to them under each vehicle, the air being sucked out by ejectors or pumps on the locomotive.
A type of electron tube that controls electron current through vacuum between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or metal and often designed to be easily installed in and removed from the equipment in which it is used.
A timber board supporting a metal valley iron or undertile gutter where two sections of a pitched roof meet.
A tile or shingle used in roofing to create a closed valley on a roof.
A diagonal support that runs from the wall plate to the ridge of a roof, providing structural stability where the two roof slopes meet.
A type of amplifier that uses vacuum tubes to increase the power of a signal.
The mechanism of a steam engine that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle.
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
A wide, ornate collar made of lace and linen, featuring deeply indented edges formed into scallops or sharp V-shaped points.
A phone number that is registered as a mnemonic whose letters translate into numbers.
A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner.
A problem mostly affecting gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines, where the liquid fuel changes state from liquid to gas while still in the fuel delivery system, reducing the pump pressure and causing transient power loss or complete stalling.
The process of altering the timing of a valve lift event in an internal combustion engine, and is often used to improve performance, fuel economy or emissions.
A theorem stating that the torque of a resultant of two concurrent forces about any point is equal to the algebraic sum of the torques of its components about the same point.
An electronic component having a variable resistance; used to protect circuits against power surges.
To prepare printed material using a machine of this kind.
A passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.
Initialism of voltage controlled oscillator.
Initialism of vitrified clay pipe.
Initialism of voltage divider rule or voltage division rule.
Minerals found in a vein, of lesser value than ores.
A small double-edged tool for cutting thin hardwood veneer.
A small, pivoting or fixed glass panel set into the front corner of a vehicle's side window, designed to provide ventilation by directing airflow into the passenger compartment.
A style of liquid crystal display (LCD) that is naturally stored in an upright vertical position, producing a black image until an electrical current is introduced.
A measure of how far the direction of the local gravity field has been shifted at a certain point on the Earth by local anomalies such as nearby mountains.
A machining center (of milling type) whose primary spindle is of the vertical type.
To vertically integrate (to bring stages in the manufacturing process in-house).
An integration type for digital circuits that contain hundreds of thousands of transistors providing hundreds of thousands of logic gates per chip.
Initialism of vacuum fluorescent display.
Abbreviation of very high speed integrated circuit.
An electrical connection which connects two or more layers on a printed circuit board or an integrated circuit.
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
A Ford Crown Victoria automobile.
A book size, (2.5", 3.3" x 5", 6.25"), corresponding to the paper size.
The hardness of a material according to the Vickers hardness test, based on its ability to resist plastic deformation from a standard source.
A conference held by videolink; an arranged video phone call between more than two parties.
Acronym of vehicle identification number.
One-half of the product of the stress of attraction or repulsion with the distance between two particles.
The control of a robot by using visual feedback.
A type of corrosion-resistant pipe made by heating clay until it vitrifies.
To dip in dilute sulfuric acid; to pickle.
Acronym of very large air tanker, a class of waterbomber.
Initialism of very large board, a large printed circuit board.
Abbreviation of very large scale integration.
Initialism of vertical machining center.
Initialism of voltage at maximum power; used when analysing solar panels.
V_(OC): initialism of open-circuit voltage.
A coil of wire attached to the apex of the cone of a loudspeaker that provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic field to the current passing through it.
A transmission technique that enables a user to make and receive telephone calls over a broadband connection.
Voice over Internet Protocol (also "VoIP"), a telecommunications system that uses the Internet or other Internet Protocol network to transmit telephone calls.