ev

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈɛv/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Abbreviation for electric vehicle, a vehicle powered by an electric motor using energy stored in rechargeable batteries.; Abbreviation for electron volt, a unit of energy equal to the energy gained by an electron when accelerated through a potential difference of one volt.; Abbreviation for expected value, the mean or average value of a random variable in probability and statistics.; Abbreviation for enterprise value, a measure of a company's total value used in finance and valuation.; Abbreviation for exposure value, a number representing a combination of camera shutter speed and aperture in photography.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: evs

Collocations

EV chargingEV marketEV batteryEV infrastructureEV adoption

Synonyms

electric vehicleelectric car

Commonly confused

eV
EN: 'eV' (electronvolt) is a unit of energy in physics; 'EV' (electric vehicle) is a type of automobile.

Spelling tips

EN: 'EV' is an abbreviation, not a standard English word. It is conventionally written in uppercase as 'EV' (electric vehicle) or 'eV' (electronvolt). Lowercase 'ev' is non-standard.

💬 Examples

  1. She decided to buy an EV to reduce her carbon footprint.

  2. The particle was measured at an energy of 5 MeV.

  3. The EV of this investment strategy is positive over the long term.

  4. The company's EV was estimated at over ten billion dollars.

  5. The photographer adjusted the EV to compensate for the bright sunlight.