HV

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HV or hv or variant, is a two-letter acronym which may refer to:

Places

  • Burkina Faso (WMO country code HV, from the former French name, "Haute Volta" -- Upper Volta)
  • Hudson Valley, New York State, USA

Groups, companies, organizations

  • Transavia (IATA airline code HV)
  • Hendrik Vermeulen, a South African fashion label

Military units

  • Heimevernet, a Norwegian military force
  • Hemvärnet, a Swedish military force
  • Hrvatska Vojska, the Croatian army
  • Hjemmevaernet [da], the Danish home guard

Electronics and electrics

  • High voltage, in electricity distribution
  • hectovolt (hV), a unit of 100 volts
  • Hasselblad HV, a digital system camera based on the Sony α SLT-A99V
  • Home video, pre-recorded media for home entertainment

Transportation

  • High Volume, a term often used for kayak sizes
  • Hybrid vehicles, which use two or more distinct types of power
  • Hydrogen vehicle, powered by hydrogen

Science and technology

  • Absolute visual magnitude, or V-band magnitude, HV
  • Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup HV
  • Hypervelocity star, an astronomical object or as a designation of such in a star catalogue
  • hν, light, in chemistry shorthand
  • Vickers Hardness, a hardness test

Other uses

See also

Search for "hv"  or "h-v" on Wikipedia.
  • All pages with titles containing hV
  • All pages with titles containing h-v
  • All pages with titles beginning with Hv
  • All pages with titles beginning with HV
  • HV71, a Swedish ice hockey club
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