V2

See also: V-2

English

Etymology 1

From velocity, where this is the second important velocity.

Noun

V2 (uncountable)

1. (aviation) The airspeed at which an aircraft leaves the runway on takeoff.

Coordinate terms

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

Etymology 2

From V- + 2.

Noun

V2 (plural V2s)

1. (automotive, engineering) Alternative form of V-twin.

Etymology 3

Noun

V2 (plural V2s)

1. Alternative form of V-2 (WWII rocket)
   • 1945 July and August, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 238:

     Mr. A. J. Somers writes to say that the "V2" which caused the scrapping of "J17" 0-6-0, No. 8200, was not of the 2-6-2 type, but a considerably more destructive German rocket!

Etymology 4

Noun

V2

1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of verb-second (word order).

   Coordinate term: V1

   • 1994, Sten Vikner, “Scandinavian object shift and West Germanic scrambling”, in Norbert Corver, Henk van Riemsdijk, editors, Studies on Scrambling […] , Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 488:

     As all the Germanic languages are V2 languages (except English, which also has neither object shift nor scrambling), and as the examples are main clauses without auxiliary verbs, the main verb has moved to C.