PV may refer to:
In computing:
- Page view, a metric in web analytics
- Semaphore (programming), from P and V operations in semaphores restricting processes in a shared environment
- Principal variation, the sequence of moves in a game tree currently believed to represent best play
- Paravirtualization, a technique for the virtualization of guest operating systems in virtual machines
In biology or medicine:
- Periventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
- Pharmacovigilance
- Poliovirus
- Pathovar, a classification scheme for bacteria
- Polycythemia vera, a condition in which there is a net increase in the total number of red blood cells in the body
- Per vaginam, anatomical expression meaning from the vagina
- Pemphigus vulgaris
In chemistry / physics:
- The product of pressure and volume, such as in the ideal gas equation PV=nRT
- Protecting group, as Pv, Pivaloyl protecting group
- Parity violation
- Peroxide value
- The mineral perovskite, as Pv
In consumer products:
- Personal vaporiser, another term for electronic cigarette
In culture:
- Private view of an exhibition
- Perón Vuelve, a 1998 film
- Pura Vida, a Costa Rican greeting
In education:
- Prairie Vista Elementary School
In meteorology or physical oceanography:
- Potential vorticity
In economics:
- Present value of money
In engineering:
- Photovoltaics, a technology for converting sunlight directly into electricity
- Programmed visibility of traffic signals
- Pressure x Velocity, the product of pressure and velocity, as required for bearing capacity calculations
- Process variable, a variable representing the current states or value of the process being controlled in a feedback control loop
In entertainment:
- Promotional video. Music video is commonly called PV in Japanese.
- Powerviolence, a subgenre of Hardcore punk
In geography:
- Postal village
- Paradise Valley, Arizona
- Prescott Valley, Arizona
- Palos Verdes, California
- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
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In literature:
- Point of view (literature)
In mathematics:
- Pisot–Vijayaraghavan number, often abbreviated as PV-number
- Cauchy principal value, a method for assigning values to certain improper integrals which would otherwise be undefined
In politics:
- Pamulaparti Venkatanarasimharao, former Prime Minister of India, popularly known as PV
- Partido Verde, the Brazilian Green Party
In transportation:
- Pasažieru Vilciens, a Latvian passenger-carrying railway company
- PV-1 Ventura, a World War II-era bomber and patrol aircraft
- PAN Air IATA airline designator
- Volvo PV
- Presta valve, one of the two common tire valves
In sports:
- Port Vale F.C., an English football club
In statistics:
- Predictor Variable, a variable used in regression to predict another variable. Also known as an independent variable.