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
Companies and organizations Beaulieu Vineyard, a Napa Valley winery Besloten vennootschap, a type of Dutch or Belgian private limited liability company. Dutch for "private company", similar to the American concept of a limited liability company. Bicycle Victoria, an Australian bicycle advocacy organisation Black & Veatch, a U.S.-based engineering, consulting and construction company Blue Panorama Airlines (IATA airline designator) Bottega Veneta, 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, 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 closed volume that completely contains the union of objects in the set
Other uses in science and technology Bavarian B V, early German 2-4-0 type of locomotive of the Royal Bavarian State Railways Bed volume, 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 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, 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 with Valor Bysshe Vanolis, pen-name of Scottish poet James Thomson Swiss Federal Constitution, abbreviated as BV for its German name Bundesverfassung der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft
See also B5 (disambiguation) Buena Vista (disambiguation)