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. *

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, a U.S.-based engineering, consulting and construction company * Blue Panorama Airlines (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, a testing, inspection, and certification company (stock symbol BV)

Science and medicine

Biology and medicine

* Bacterial vaginosis, the most common cause of vaginal infection * Belch Vocalizations, the most common form of intra-group communication among the mountain gorilla * 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, part of the circulatory system that transports blood throughout the body * Biovar, 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, 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 in a vessel, or stationary phase in column chromatography) * Boiling vessel, 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

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 * 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 *

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, pen-name of Scottish poet James Thomson