KV may refer to:

Places

Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...

, an Eastern European country *

Kennebecasis Valley The Kennebecasis Valley, also known as simply Kennebecasis ( ), its abbreviated term KV, as well as "The Valley," is a region of Greater Saint John. Situated along the Kennebecasis River, it encompasses the bedroom communities of Quispamsis an ...

, a region in New Brunswick, Canada *

KV (Egyptology) The following is a list of burials in the Valley of the Kings, in Thebes (modern Luxor, Egypt) and nearby areas. The numbering system was established by John Gardner Wilkinson in 1821. Wilkinson numbered the 21 tombs known to him (some of which h ...

, Kings' Valley, tombs in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt

Companies and organizations

KV Pharmaceutical KV Pharmaceutical Company (KV) was an American drug company that brought generic and non-branded pharmaceutical products to the market. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, it had research and manufacturing facilities, as well as marketing and s ...

, a drug company *

KV Racing Technology KV Racing Technology was an auto racing team that last competed in the IndyCar Series. The team was originally formed as PK Racing before the 2003 season by Australian businessman Kevin Kalkhoven and former Formula One team manager Craig Pollo ...

, an auto racing team * KV, the IATA designator for

Sky Regional Airlines Sky Regional Airlines (SRA) was an airline whose corporate headquarters was located on the property of Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Linked with Skyservice Business Aviation, it began operation under the Ai ...

Kendriya Vidyalaya The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is a system of Government of India, central government schools in India. Governed by the Ministry of Education (India), Ministry of Education, Government of India. , it has a total of 1,257 schools in India, ...

, a system of schools for the children of public servants in India *

Khosla Ventures Khosla Ventures is a private American venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by entrepreneur Vinod Khosla in 2004. The firm works with early-stage companies in the Internet, computing, mobile technology, artifici ...

, an American venture capital firm *

Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar (, ), commonly known as KV, is an Icelandic sports club from the capital city, Reykjavík in the area of Vesturbær. It is best known for its football team but has also fielded teams in other sports, such as basketb ...

, an Icelandic football club * Kavminvodyavia, a Russian airline *

Swedish Prison and Probation Service Swedish Prison and Probation Service () is a Government agency that is part of the Swedish judicial system, tasked with incarcerating suspects during pre-trial and trial and convicts after sentencing. The Main Office of the agency is located in N ...

(Swedish: '), government agency * ' (English:"Catholic Scouts"), part of

Scouting Nederland Scouting Nederland is the national Scouting, Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members (53,324 male and 54,663 female, 87,000 youth members, as of 2010. The official patron of Scouting Nederland is Queen Máxima of ...

Science and technology

Kv (flow factor) The flow coefficient of a device is a relative measure of its efficiency at allowing fluid flow. It describes the relationship between the pressure drop across an orifice valve or other assembly and the corresponding flow rate. A greater restrict ...

, a measure of the flow factor of a liquid *

Kilovolt The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI). Definition One volt is defined as the electric potential between two point ...

(kV), a unit of electric potential *

Motor velocity constant The motor size constant (K_\text) and motor velocity constant (K_\text, alternatively called the back EMF constant) are values used to describe characteristics of electrical motors. Motor constant K_\text is the ''motor constant'' (sometimes, '' ...

(K_v), of an electric motor *

Voltage-gated potassium channel Voltage-gated potassium channels (VGKCs) are potassium channel, transmembrane channels specific for potassium and Voltage-gated ion channel, sensitive to voltage changes in the cell's membrane potential. During action potentials, they play a ...

(K_v), in cell biology * Kv, a programming language implemented in Kivy *

Karnaugh-Veitch diagram A Karnaugh map (KM or K-map) is a diagram that can be used to simplify a Boolean algebra expression. Maurice Karnaugh introduced the technique in 1953 as a refinement of Edward W. Veitch's 1952 Veitch chart, which itself was a rediscovery o ...

, a logic optimization method * Key–value pair *

Key–value database A key–value database, or key–value store, is a data storage paradigm designed for storing, retrieving, and managing associative arrays, a data structure more commonly known today as a ''dictionary'' or ''hash table''. Dictionaries contain a ...

, or key–value store

Vehicles

Kliment Voroshilov tank The Kliment Voroshilov (KV; ) tanks are a series of Soviet heavy tanks named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov who operated with the Red Army during World War II. The KV tanks were known for their heavy armour ...

, a series of Soviet Second World War heavy tanks * KV, prefix (

NoCGV The Norwegian Coast Guard () is a maritime military force which is part of the Royal Norwegian Navy. The coast guard's responsibility are for fisheries inspection, customs enforcement, border control, law enforcement, shipping inspection, enviro ...

in English) for Norwegian Coast Guard vessels

Other uses

* Köchel-Verzeichnis, a catalogue of compositions by Mozart *

Komi language Komi (, ), also known as Zyran, Zyrian or Komi-Zyryan (),. is the native language of the Komi (Zyrians). It is one of the Permian languages; the other regional varieties are Komi-Permyak, which has official status, and Komi-Yazva. Komi is s ...

(ISO 639-1 code "kv"), spoken by the Komi peoples in the northeastern European part of Russia * "KV" (fictional virus), the fictional viral plague from the 2007 film ''I Am Legend'' (film)

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