ERV
English
editEtymology
editInitialism.
Proper noun
editERV
- (biblical) Initialism of English Revised Version.
Noun
editERV (countable and uncountable, plural ERVs)
- (countable, virology, biology, genetics) Initialism of endogenous retrovirus.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 147:
- Sequences derived from ERVs [...] appear to be heavily involved in gene regulatory networks.
- (countable, astronautics, space flight) Initialism of Earth return vehicle.
- Hypernym: RV
- (countable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilator.
- (uncountable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilation.
Hypernyms
edit(endogenous retrovirus):
- RV (“retrovirus”)
Hyponyms
edit(endogenous retrovirus):
Coordinate terms
edit(spaceflight):
(ventilation/ventilator):
Derived terms
edit(endogenous retrovirus):