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Encyclopedia of Science: V

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V magnitude
"V" weapons
V-1
V-2
V-3
V404 Cygni
V4641 Sagittarii
V838 Monocerotis
vaccine
vacuole
vacuum
vacuum energy density
vacuum energy drive
vagina
vagus nerve
Vakoch, Douglas A.
valence
valence electron
valence shell
Valier, Max (1893–1930)
Valles Marineris
valley
vampire number
vampires
Van Allen, James Alfred (1914–2006)
Van Allen belts
Van Biesbroeck 8
Van de Hulst, Hendrik ("Henk") Christoffel (1918–2000)
Van de Kamp, Peter (1901–1995)
Van der Graaff generator
Van der Meer, Simon (1929–2011)
Van der Pol, Balthazar (1889–1959)
Van der Waals, Johannes Diderick (1837–1923)
Van der Waals' equation of state
Van der Waals' force
Van Maanen's Star
Van Stokum cylinder
Van't Hoff, Jacobus Henricus (1852–1911)
Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck (1899–1980)
Van Vogt, A(lfred) E(lton) (1912–2000)
vanadium
Vandenberg, Hoyt S. (1899–1954)
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vanguard
vanishment puzzle
vapor
vapor pressure
variable
variable stars
variance
variation
varicose veins
Varuna
vascular
vascular cambium
vascular plant
vascilitis
VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket)
vasodilator
vasopressin
VCL (Vegetation Canopy Lidar)
Veblen, Oswald (1880–1960)
vector (bio.)
vector (phys.)
vector analysis
vector field
vector space
vectored thrust
Vega (Alpha Lyrae)
Vega 1 and 2 (Soviet probes)
vegetable
Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, NGC 6979, NGC 6992/5)
vein
Vela, Rodolfo Neri (1952–)
Vela (constellation)
Vela (satellites)
Vela Pulsar (PSR 0833-45)
Vela Supernova Remnant
Vela X-1
veldt
Velikovsky, Immanuel (1895–1979)
velocity
velocity curve
velocity dispersion
velocity ratio
Venera
Venn diagram
vent
ventilation
ventilator
ventral
ventricle
ventricular assist device
ventricular septal defect
Venturi tube
Venus
Venus Express
Verein für Raumschiffahrt
Verne, Jules (1828–1905)
vernier scale
vertebra
vertebral artery
vertebrate
vertebrate nervous system
vertex
Vertical Assembly Building
vertical-horizontal illusion
Very Large Array (VLA)
Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
very long baseline interferometry
Vesalius, Andreas (1514–1564)
vesica piscis
vesicle
Vesta
vestibular folds
vestibular sense
vestigial
vibration
vibration and sound
Vickrey auction
Victory, John F. (1893–1975)
Vida, Lake
video recording and reproduction to 1980
vigesimal
Viking (Mars spacecraft)
Viking (rocket)
Viking gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GCMS)
Viking gas exchange (GEX) experiment
Viking labeled release (LR) experiment
Viking pyrolytic release (PR) experiment
Viking's search for life on Mars
Villafranca Satellite Tracking Station
VIM
vinculum
vine
vinegar
Vinge singularity
vinyl compound
viral disease
viral reproduction
Virgin Galactic spaceship
70 Virginis
Virgo (constellation)
Virgo Cluster
virial theorem
virtual particle
virus
viscosity
Vishniac, Wolf (1922–1973)
vision
visual cortex
visual magnitude
vitalism
vitamin
vitamin A
vitamin B complex
vitamin B12
vitamin C
vitamin D
vitreous humor
Viviani's curve
Viviani's theorem
vocal folds
vocal ligament
Vogel, Hermann Carl (1841–1907)
Vogt-Russell theorem
voice
void
Volans (constellation)
volatile
volcanic ash
volcanic block
volcanic bomb
volcanic dome
volcanism
volcano
volt
Volta, Alessandro Guiseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745–1827)
voltage
Voltaire
voltmeter
volume
volumetric analysis
vomiting
von Braun, Wernher (1912–1977)
von Braun space station
von Guericke, Otto (1602–1686)
von Hoefft, Franz (1882–1954)
von Hofmann, August Wilhelm (1818–1892)
von Kármán, Theodore (1881–1963)
von Neumann, John (1903–1957)
von Neumann machine
von Neumann probes
von Ohain, Hans Joachim Pabst (1911–1998)
von Opel, Fritz (1899–1971)
von Pirquet, Guido (1880–1966)
Von Willebrand disease
Vorilong, William (d. 1463)
Voronoi diagram
Vorontsov-Velyaminov scheme
vortex
Voskhod
Vostok
Vostok, Lake
Voyager 1
Voyager 2
Voyager Interstellar Mission
Voyager interstellar record
Vries, Hugo de (1848–1935)
VSOP (VLBI Space Observatory Program)
VTOL plane
V-type asteroid
Vulcan
vulcanization
vulcanoid
Vulpecula (constellation)
vulva
VY Canis Majoris