vy

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noun

The indicated airspeed at which an aircraft's climb rate is at a maximum.

OriginVietnamese Vy →
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Meanings

vy1

verbvy (third-person singular simple present vies or vyes, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied or vyed)

present singular third person vies · present singular third person vyes · participle present vying · participle past vied · past vied · participle past vyed · past vyed

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of vie.

    […] and by continual Study had so incorporated the Phrase and Stile of that Apostle into all his familiar Letters, that the Imitation seem'd to vy with the Original.

    1698, John Milton, A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works, page 27

Vy2

nounVy (usually uncountable, plural Vys)

plural Vys

  1. uncountableusuallyaeronauticsThe indicated airspeed at which an aircraft's climb rate is at a maximum.

Vy3

proper nounVy (plural Vys)

plural Vys

  1. A surname from Vietnamese.

Origin

  1. VietnameseVy
  2. EnglishVy

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vy or Vỹ.

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Cite this entry
APA

vy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vy

MLA

“vy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vy.

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