BV, B.V., Bv, bV, or bv may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

* Backing vocal, in music, a vocal harmony with the lead vocalist provided by one or more backing vocalists * Busoni-Verzeichnis, a catalogue of compositions by

Ferruccio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary ...

Companies and organizations

* Beaulieu Vineyard, a Napa Valley winery * '' Besloten vennootschap'', a type of Dutch private limited liability company. Dutch for "private company", similar to the American concept of a

limited liability company A limited liability company (LLC for short) is the US-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a ...

. *

Bicycle Victoria A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bic ...

, an Australian bicycle advocacy organisation *

Black & Veatch Black & Veatch (BV) is the largest engineering firm in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Founded in 1915 in Kansas City, Missouri it is now headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas It is a global engineering, procurement, construction ( EPC) and c ...

, a U.S.-based engineering, consulting and construction company *

Blue Panorama Airlines Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A. was an Italian airline headquartered in Fiumicino operating scheduled and charter flights mostly to domestic and international leisure destinations. As of late 2021, the airline was in the process to change its bran ...

(IATA airline designator) *

Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta () is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Milan, Italy. Its product lines include ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, accessories, and jewelry; and it licenses its name and branding to Coty, Inc. for fragrances. History Found ...

, a manufacturer of luxury leather goods *

Bureau Veritas Bureau Veritas is a French company specialized in testing, inspection and certification founded in 1828. It operates in a variety of sectors, including building and infrastructure (27% of revenue), agri-food and commodities (23% of revenue), ...

, a testing, inspection, and certification company (stock symbol BV)

Science and medicine

Biology and medicine

Bacterial vaginosis Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a disease of the vagina caused by excessive growth of bacteria. Common symptoms include increased vaginal discharge that often smells like fish. The discharge is usually white or gray in color. Burning with urination ...

, the most common cause of vaginal infection * Belch Vocalizations, the most common form of intra-group communication among the

mountain gorilla The mountain gorilla (''Gorilla beringei beringei'') is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018. There are two populations: One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central/ ...

* Biological value, a measure of the proportion of absorbed protein from a food which becomes incorporated into the proteins of the organism's body * Binocular vision, vision in which both eyes are used together *

Blood vessel The blood vessels are the components of the circulatory system that transport blood throughout the human body. These vessels transport blood cells, nutrients, and oxygen to the tissues of the body. They also take waste and carbon dioxide away ...

, part of the circulatory system that transports blood throughout the body *

Biovar A biovar is a variant prokaryotic strain that differs physiologically or biochemically from other strains in a particular species. Morphovars (or morphotypes) are those strains that differ morphologically. Serovars (or serotypes) are those strain ...

, a rank below species often written as bv.

Mathematics and computing

Batalin–Vilkovisky formalism In theoretical physics, the Batalin–Vilkovisky (BV) formalism (named for Igor Batalin and Grigori Vilkovisky) was developed as a method for determining the ghost structure for Lagrangian gauge theories, such as gravity and supergravity, whose ...

, a concept in mathematical physics to construct gauge theories *

Bounded variation In mathematical analysis, a function of bounded variation, also known as ' function, is a real-valued function whose total variation is bounded (finite): the graph of a function having this property is well behaved in a precise sense. For a conti ...

, a concept in mathematical analysis *

Bounding volume In computer graphics and computational geometry, a bounding volume for a set of objects is a closed volume that completely contains the union of the objects in the set. Bounding volumes are used to improve the efficiency of geometrical operatio ...

, in computer graphics and computational geometry, a closed volume that completely contains the union of objects in the set

Other uses in science and technology

Bavarian B V The Bavarian B V (''Bayerische B V'') steam engines were early German locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen''). They were the first locomotives produced in Bavaria in large numbers — 101 i ...

, early German 2-4-0 type of locomotive of the Royal Bavarian State Railways *

Bed volume A bed is an item of furniture that is used as a place to sleep, rest, and relax. Most modern beds consist of a soft, cushioned mattress on a bed frame. The mattress rests either on a solid base, often wood slats, or a sprung base. Many beds ...

, the volume of material in a vessel (e.g. of a

catalyst Catalysis () is the process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed in the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recyc ...

in a vessel, or stationary phase in column chromatography) *

Boiling vessel A boiling vessel is a water heating system fitted to British armoured fighting vehicles that permits the crew to heat water and cook food by drawing power from the vehicle electrical supply. It is often referred to by crewmembers (not entirely in ...

, equipment provided to an armoured vehicle for heating food or water (chiefly British) * Breakdown voltage, the minimum voltage that causes an insulator to become electrically conductive * Lohner B.V, a variant of the

Lohner B.II The Lohner B.II (originally designated Type C) was a military reconnaissance aircraft produced in Austria-Hungary during World War I. It was a development of the pre-war B.I design, incorporating changes requested by the Austro-Hungarian army, b ...

military reconnaissance aircraft

Language

* Voiced labiodental affricate (⟨b̪͡v⟩, ⟨b̪͜v⟩, or ⟨b̪v⟩), a type of consonant sound

Places

* Bella Vista, Arkansas * Bouvet Island, an uninhabited South Atlantic sub-Antarctic volcanic island **

.bv .bv is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) reserved for the uninhabited Norwegian dependent territory of Bouvet Island. The domain name registry and sponsor is Norid, but is not open for registration. was designated on 21 Augus ...

, the inactive ccTLD for Bouvet Island

Other uses

* Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic), Mary, mother of Jesus, as venerated in the Roman Catholic Church * Book value, in accounting, the value of an asset according to its balance sheet account balance *

Bronze Star Medal The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a United States Armed Forces decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone. Wh ...

with Valor *

Bysshe Vanolis James Thomson (23 November 1834 – 3 June 1882), who wrote under the pen name Bysshe Vanolis, was a Scottish journalist, poet, and translator. He is most often remembered for ''The City of Dreadful Night'' (1874; 1880), a poetic allegory of ur ...

, pen-name of Scottish poet James Thomson