VoltageThe amount of electromotive force, measured in volts, that exists between two points.
Voltage (E)Electrical pressure, i.e. the force which causes current to flow through an electrical conductor.
Voltage reductionAny intentional reduction of system voltage by 3 percent or greater for reasons of maintaining the continuity of service of the bulk electric power supply…
Volume of ConcreteThe total space occupied by concrete forming the dam structure computed between abutments and from the top to the bottom of the dam.
Volume of damThe total space occupied by the materials forming the dam structure computed between abutments and from the top to the bottom of the dam.
Volume ScanA radar scanning strategy in which sweeps are made at successive antenna elevations (i.e.
Volume Velocity ProcessingA way to guess the large-scale 2-dimensional winds, divergence and fall speeds from one-dimensional radial velocity data.
Volumetric riskThe effect on revenue of fluctuations in demand for a product or service.
Volumetric shrinkageThe decrease in volume, expressed as a percentage of the soil mass when dried, of a soil mass when the moisture content is reduced from a given percentage…
Voluntary Observing Ship Program(VOS) - An international voluntary marine observation program under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Voluntary relinquishmentTo voluntarily relinquish possession with the intent of terminating ownership, but without vesting it in any other person.
Vort MaxCommon slang reference to Vorticity Maximum; a center, or maximum, in the vorticity field of a fluid.
VortexA revolving mass of water (whirlpool) in which the streamlines are concentric circles and in which the total head is the same.
VorticityA measure of the rotation of air in a horizontal plane. Positive (counter-clockwise or cyclonic) vorticity can be correlated with surface low development…
VOS(Voluntary Observing Ship Program) - An international voluntary marine observation program under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization…
Vostoksite in Antarctica (78°S, 106°E) where a 400,000 year long ice core was collected.
VTEC(Valid Time Event Code) - The Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) always is used in conjunction with, and provides supplementary information to, the Universal…
VVPVolume Velocity Processing - a way to guess the large-scale 2-dimensional winds, divergence and fall speeds from one-dimensional radial velocity data.