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Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative The voiceless alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless dental, alveolar, and postalveolar fricatives is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is K.
Voiceless alveolar plosive The voiceless alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless dental, alveolar, and postalveolar plosives is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is t.
Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate The voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , alternatively but unofficially (entity 680), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is ts.
Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative The voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative or laminal postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is s.
Voiceless bilabial fricative The voiceless bilabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is p.
Voiceless bilabial plosive The voiceless bilabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is p.
Voiceless dental bilabially trilled affricate The voiceless alveolar bilabially trilled affricate, (occasionally written "tp"), is one of the world's rarest sounds. It is reported from a few words in the Chapacuran languages, Wari’ and Oro Win, and recently also from the neighboring Muran language Pirahã.
Voiceless dental fricative The voiceless dental non-sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is T.
Voiceless dental plosive The voiceless dental plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is t_d.
Voiceless epiglottal fricative The voiceless epiglottal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is H.
Voiceless glottal fricative The voiceless glottal transition, commonly called a "fricative", is a type of sound used in some spoken languages which often behaves like a consonant, but sometimes behaves more like a vowel, or is indeterminate in its behavior. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is h.
Voiceless labiodental fricative The voiceless labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is f.
Voiceless labiovelar approximant The voiceless labiovelar approximant (traditionally called a voiceless labiovelar fricative) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is W.
Voiceless palatal fricative The voiceless palatal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is C.
Voiceless palatal lateral fricative The Bura language of the Chadic family has a voiceless palatal lateral fricative that contrasts with both a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative and a palatal lateral approximant. In addition, Dahalo and Hadza have both voiceless and ejective palatal lateral affricates, and Iraqw may be similar.
Voiceless palatal plosive The voiceless palatal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is c.
Voiceless palatal-velar fricative The voiceless palatal-velar fricative (also voiceless dorso-palatal velar fricative, voiceless postalveolar and velar fricative, voiceless coarticulated velar and palatoalveolar fricative) is a term used for a range of similar sounds used in most dialects of Swedish to realize the phoneme . In Swedish, it is very often referred to as the sje-sound, based on one of the more common spellings used in Swedish orthography.
Voiceless pharyngeal fricative The voiceless pharyngeal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is h-bar (), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is X.
Voiceless postalveolar affricate The voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is familiar to English speakers as the "ch" sound in "chip".
Voiceless postalveolar fricative The voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or domed postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (which is different from the integral symbol ∫), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is S.
Voiceless retroflex affricate The voiceless retroflex affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound are , sometimes simplified to , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is ts.
Voiceless retroflex fricative The voiceless retroflex fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is s`.
Voiceless retroflex plosive The voiceless retroflex plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is t`.
Voiceless uvular fricative The voiceless uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is X.
Voiceless velar fricative The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is x.
Voiceless velar lateral fricative The Archi language of the Dagestani family has a voiceless velar lateral fricative that is clearly a fricative, although further forward than velars in many languages, and might better be called pre-velar. Archi also has an affricate and ejective affricate at this place of articulation.
Voiceless velar plosive The voiceless velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is k.
Voicemail Voicemail (or voice mail, vmail or VMS, sometimes called messagebank) is a centralized system of managing telephone messages for a large group of people. In its simplest form it mimics the functions of an answering machine, uses a standard telephone handset for the user interface, and uses a centralized, computerized system rather than equipment at the individual telephone.
Voiceportal Voiceportals are a type of Web Portal that can be accessed by people entirely by voice. Ideally a voiceportal could be an access point for any type of information, services, or transactions found on the Internet.
Voices Voices (Icelandic: Röddin) is a 2006 translation of a 2003 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, another entry in the multi award-winning Detective Erlendur series. It was first published in English in August, 2006.
Voices from Other Lands Voices from Other Lands is a weekly English radio program produced by China Radio International featuring entrepreneurs who originated outside of China doing business in China, hosted by Su Xiaowei. The program airs on Round the Clock and is available on the podcasts through the World Radio Network on the Thurday editiion in the United States, Friday edition in Beijing.
Voices in the Earth In the Voices in the Earth episode of The Twilight Zone, Martin Balsam plays a professor who with others returns to a barren Earth as part of an expedition team. Once he explores the ruins of the planet, he is confronted by ghosts of those that died in the disaster that has befallen the planet.
Voices of a People's History of the United States Voices of a People's History of the United States is an anthology edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. First released in 2004 by Seven Stories Press, Voices is a companion to Zinn's A People's History of the United States.
Voices of Babylon Voices of Babylon is an album by the British band The Outfield, released during the spring of 1989 and which spawned an eponymous single. It was the group's final album to feature drummer Alan Jackman, and also their final album on the Columbia label.
Voices of Hope Voices of Hope is a 1996 science fiction novel by David Feintuch and is the fifth book in the Seafort Saga. The book is set several decades after the events of Fisherman's Hope and is followed by Patriarch's Hope.
Voices of Indigenous People Voices of Indigenous People began in 2002 in Southern California as a volunteer group of Native Americans assisting fellow Native Americans with emergency food, clothing relief, as well as a resource for accessing community services. Plans are also being developed for a full Cultural Center to link Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people, to improve self awareness, communication and direct services with the following programs: a Youth Center with after school tutoring and cultural activities, a computer lab for literacy, learning workshops and Internet access to improve community resources, a museum and library for shared history of Indigenous populations, as well as cultural information, open to the public.
Voices of Iraq Voices of Iraq is a 2004 documentary film about Iraq. The producers distributed 150 digital video cameras across Iraq and received over 450 hours of footage from people of all walks of life such as teachers, doctors, policemen, children and insurgents.
Voices of the Apalachicola Voices of the Apalachicola is a book by Faith Eidse chronicling the history of the Apalachicola River in Northern Florida, a state in the United States. Its release of publication in 2006 coincided with increased awareness of the Florida-Georgia dispute over use of the river's resources, and the dying way of life of oyster fisherman in the Apalachicola River Basin, both of which were covered exstensively by local press.
Voices of Wonder Voices of Wonder aka Voice of Wonder Records was the most important rock record label in Oslo, Norway in the early 1990s. The label was fronted by a small and intimate record store on Olaf Ryes plass, which in addition to the labels own artists specialized in the English Earache Records and the American Sub Pop labels.
Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions is an album released by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. It is comprised of recordings from the band during the years 1977-1979 and 1981-1983 on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show The Peel Sessions.
Voices That Care "Voices That Care" is a 1991 song written by David Foster, Linda Thompson and Peter Cetera and recorded by a supergroup of popular musicians, entertainers and athletes. The single and supporting documentary music video was intended to help boost the morale of US troops involved in Operation Desert Storm, as well as supporting the International Red Cross organization.
Voices United Voices United, the Hymn and Worship book of the United Church of Canada, is one of the most comprehensive Christian music resources available. Voices United was produced in conjunction with the Hymn and Worship Resource Committee, and was edited by John Ambrose.
Voicestarz Voicestarz is a completely interactive CD-ROM and internet based animation voice-over class formed in 2002. Created by voice over artist couple, Craig and Tara Strong, Voicestarz serves as a training tool for those who have difficulty finding professional classes outside of Los Angeles, California.
Voiceworks (journal) Voiceworks is an Australian quarterly journal, which publishes fiction, poetry, essays and journalism by young writers, and comix, drawings and photos by young artists. All published contributors to Voiceworks are below the age of 25 and Australian residents.
VoiceWorks * Voiceworks is a long-running, publicly funded Australian literary journal publishing only material (short fiction, poetry, non-fiction, graphic art) produced by Australians under the age of twenty-five. It is based Melbourne at the offices of Express Media.
VoiceXML VoiceXML (VXML) is the W3C's standard XML format for specifying interactive voice dialogues between a human and a computer. It allows voice applications to be developed and deployed in an analogous way to HTML for visual applications.
Void coefficient In nuclear engineering, the void coefficient (more properly called "void coefficient of reactivity") is a number that can be used to estimate how much the thermal output of a nuclear reactor increases (or decreases, if negative) as voids (steam bubbles) form in the reactor moderator or coolant. Reactors in which either the moderator or the coolant is a liquid typically will have a void coefficient value that is either negative (if the reactor is under-moderated) or positive (if the reactor is over-moderated).
Void for vagueness Void for vagueness is a legal concept in American constitutional law, whereby a civil statute or, more commonly, a criminal statute is adjudged unconstitutional when it is so vague that persons "of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application," as the United States Supreme Court articulated in Connally v General Construction Co., 269 US 385, 391 (1926).
Void magazine Void Magazine ('Void') is a user-generated, ad-supported online periodical that publishes literary work by new and established authors each month. The content in each issue is comprised of original fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and literary critique, as well as monthly editorials written by the staff.
Void ratio Void ratio, in materials science, is defined as the volume of voids in a mixture divided by the volume of solids, and so is inversely related to the density. This figure is relevant in composites, in mining (particular with regard to the properties of tailings), and in soil science.
Void type The void type, in several programming languages derived from C, is the type for the result of a function that produces no direct result. Usually such functions are called for their side effects, much like subroutines in Visual Basic and procedures in Pascal.
Voidable In law, a transaction or action which is voidable is valid, but may be annulled by one of the parties to the transaction. Voidable is usually used in distinction to void ab initio (or void from the outset) and unenforceable.
Voidable floating charge In law, a voidable floating charge refers to a floating charge entered into shortly prior to the company going into liquidation which is void or unenforceable in whole or in part under applicable insolvency legislation.See for example section 245 of the Insolvency Act 1986 in the United Kingdom
Voiding cystourethrogram In urology, a voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG), also micturating cystourethrogram (MCUG), is a test used to visualize the urethra and urinary bladder that takes place during micturition (voiding). The test consists of catheterizing the patient and allowing radiopaque contrast (typically cystografin) to drip into the bladder.
Voies Voies (Greek: Βοιές), or also Vatika (Greek: Βάτικα), is a rural municipality of Greece found in the prefecture of Laconia on the southern tip of Cape Malea. It is a predominantly agricultural region with a few minor villages and one dominant town.
Voight-Kampff machine Originating as a fictional tool in Philip K Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the Voight-Kampff machine or device (spelled Voigt-Kampff in the book) also appeared in the book's screen adaptation, the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner.
Voigt Effect The Voigt Effect, sometimes termed magnetic birefringence or magnetic double refreaction, is a magneto-optical phenomenon whereby the polarization of light may be rotated when passed through a vapor cell immersed in a magnetic field directed perpendicular to the beam direction.
Voigt notation In mathematics, Voigt notation or Voigt form in multilinear algebra is a way to represent a symmetric tensor by reducing its order. There are a few variants and associated names for this idea: Mandel notation, Mandel-Voigt notation and Nye notation are others found.
Voigtländer Voigtländer is an optical company founded by Johann Christoph Voigtländer in Vienna in 1756 and thus the oldest name in cameras. It produced the Petzval photographic lens in 1840, and the world's first all-metal daguerrotype camera (Ganzmetallkamera) in 1841, also bringing out plate cameras shortly afterwards.
Voina Voina (1994) (, The War) is one of the last screen performances of Russia’s most promising acting and directing talent, Sergei Bodrov, Jr., who was tragically killed when he and his 130 person crew were buried when a glacier slid down the Karmadon Gorge in the North Caucus, burying the inhabitants of a mountain settlement and an entire film crew under a thick layer of ice and mud.
Voir dire Voir dire (IPA ) is a phrase in law which derives from Middle French; in modern English it is interpreted to mean "speak the truth" and generally refers to the process by which prospective jurors are questioned about their backgrounds and potential biases before being invited to sit on a jury.
Voisey's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Voisey's Bay, located in Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately 38 kilometres south-west of Nain, is the location of a large nickel deposit discovered in September of 1993 by Archean Inc., a prospecting firm hired by Diamond Fields Resources Inc.
Voisin III The Voisin III (or Voisin 3) was one of the first two-seat bomber and ground attack aircraft of World War I. It was a pusher biplane, developed by Aeroplanes Voisin of Gabriel Voisin in 1914 as a more powerful version of the 1912 Voisin I (Voisin 1) design.
Voivod (album) Voivod is the twelfth album from the Canadian metal/cyberpunk band Voivod, and the first to feature, since 1993's "Outer Limits", returning vocalist Denis BĂ©langer (Snake), and bassist Jason Newsted (Jasonic), formerly of Metallica. It was released in 2003 on Newsted's Chophouse Records label.
Voivode "Voivode" (as it is spelled in the Oxford English Dictionary), or less commonly "voivod", is a Slavic word that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force. The word gradually came to denote the governor of a province; the territory ruled or administered by a voivode is known as a voivodeship.
Voivode Dmytro Voivode Dmytro was appointed military commander of Kiev by Prince Danylo of Galicia in 1239, charged with defending the city from the Mongols. Following a protracted siege, the city's walls were breached and fighting commenced within the city.
Voivodes of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Voivodes of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were one of the highest ranking officials who could sit in the Senate of Poland. They were the officials in charge of the voivodeships (provinces/palatinates) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Voivodeship A Voivodeship, also spelled Voivodship, Voivodina or Vojvodina (Romanian: voievodat, Polish: województwo, Serbian: vojvodina (војводина), vojvodstvo (војводство) or vojvodovina (војводовина), Hungarian: vajdaság, Lithuanian: vaivadija), is a geographical unit of administration dating to medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod (voivode, wojewoda). The Voivod (literal translation: "the one who leads the warriors") was initially the military commander next to the ruler.
Voivodeship sejmik Voivodeship sejmiks () are legislatures comprised of elected legislators in the Voivodeships (provinces) of Poland. They are comprised of directly elected representatives, who are elected for four year terms effective from the day of the last election.
Voivodeships of Poland The voivodeship or province (Polish: wojewĂłdztwo) has been a second-level administrative unit in Poland since the 14th century. Pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, effective January 1, 1999, 16 new provinces were created, replacing the former 49 provinces that had existed from July 1, 1975.
Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat The Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat was a voivodship (duchy) of the Austrian Empire that existed between 1849 and 1860. It was a separate crown land and was formed in accordance with privilege given to Serbs by the Habsburg emperor in 1691, recognizing the right of Serbs to territorial autonomy within the Habsburg Monarchy.
Voix celeste The Voix celeste, (Voix céleste) [Fr.] (heavenly voice) is an organ stop consisting of a single rank of pipes, and another rank of pipes which is slightly detuned to the other, to produce a beating effect with other stops.
Voix des Femmes Voix des Femmes or (English: The Women's Voice) was a Parisian feminist newspaper, and later an organization dedicated to education and the advancement of women's rights. The newspaper was published daily beginning in 1848 with the fall of Louis Philippe and the emergence of the much more lenient French Second Republic.
VoIP carrier Companies that provide origination (also called DID direct inward dial service from the PSTN public switched telephone network) or termination of Internet-originated VOIP calls to PSTN numbers are VoIP carriers. They may be facilities-based or resellers.
VoIP spam VoIP spam is an as-yet-nonexistent problem which has nonetheless received a great deal of attention from marketers and the trade press. Some pundits have taken to referring to it as SPIT (for "Spam over Internet Telephony"); however, this neologism is not used by VoIP technicians.
Voja Antonić Voja Antonić (Serbian: Воја Антонић, pronounced Voya Antonich, ) is a Serbian inventor, journalist and writer. He was also a magazine editor and contributed to a number of radio shows but he is best known for creating a build-it-yourself home computer Galaksija and originating a related "Build your own computer Galaksija" initiative with Dejan Ristanović.
Vojens Vojens (German:Woyens), is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 298 km², and has a total population of 16,792 (2005).
Vojislav Šešelj Dr. Vojislav Šešelj (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Шешељ, pronounced ) (born 11 October, 1954 in Sarajevo, People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian politician, and the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party, the largest party in the Serbian parliament.
Vojlovica monastery The Vojlovica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Војловица / Manastir Vojlovica) is a Serb Orthodox monastery situated in the Banat region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is in the Pančevo municipality.
Vojlovica, Pančevo Vojlovica (Serbian: Vojlovica or Војловица, Hungarian: Hertelendyfalva, German: Wojlowitz) is a former village, today part of the city of Pančevo, Serbia. Vojlovica’s downtown is located 3,32 km away from the main part of Pančevo.
Vojtech Tuka Vojtech Tuka (July 41880, Štiavnické Bane (at that time "Piarg") - August 201946, executed in Bratislava) was the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic between 1940 and 1945 and one of the most controversial people in Slovak history.
Vojvodina The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина or Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina, ) is one of the two autonomous provinces in Serbia. It is located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian plain.
Vojvodina parliamentary election, 2004 First round of the Vojvodina parliamentary election was held on September 19 2004, at the same time when the local elections were held in the whole of Serbia (with the exception of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo).
Vol A vol (French for "flight") is a once-obscure heraldic symbol consisting of a pair of outstretched, usually plumed bird's wings, which are connected together at their shoulders without having any bird's body in the middle.
Volaircraft Volaircraft Inc was a US aircraft manufacturer established in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania in 1958 to produce a light utility aircraft, known as the Volaire. The firm and the rights to its aircraft were purchased by North American Rockwell in 1965.
Volakas, Elis Volakas (Greek: Βώλακας) is a port municipality in the western part of the Elis Prefecture, Greece. Its seat of administration is in the town of Epitalio (Greek, Modern: Επιτάλιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, older form: Epitalion, Latin: Epitalium).
Volans Volans (IPA: , ) is a constellation of the southern sky. The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597, and it first appeared in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.
Volante Volante was the name given to the groups of Brazilian government armies and police soldiers whose job was to hunt and kill the cangaceiros. The members of the volantes were called "monkeys" by the cangaceiros.
Volapük Volapük is a constructed language, created in 1879–1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest in Baden, Germany. Schleyer felt that God had told him in a dream to create an international language.
Volare (song) "Volare" (Italian for the infinitive tense of the verb "to fly") is another popular name for Domenico Modugno's signature song "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (literally "In the blue painted blue").
Volatile acidity Volatile acidity or "VA" refers to the level of acetic acid present in wine. Acetic acid is the primary chemical compound that is responsible for vinegar's strong, pungent odor, and is a natural byproduct of fermentation in winemaking.
Volatile anaesthetic The volatile anaesthetics are a class of general anaesthetic drugs. They share the property of being liquid at room temperature, but evaporating easily for administration by inhalation (some experts make a distinction between volatile and gas anesthetics on this basis, but both are treated in this article, since they probably do not differ in mechanism of action).
Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes is an agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects.
Volatile variable In computer programming, a variable or object declared with the volatile keyword may be modified externally from the declaring object. For example, a variable that might be concurrently modified by multiple threads should be declared volatile.
Volatility Volatility most frequently refers to the standard deviation of the change in value of a financial instrument with a specific time horizon. It is often used to quantify the risk of the instrument over that time period.
Volatility clustering Volatility Clustering: as noted by Mandelbrot, “large changes tend to be followed by large changes, of either sign, and small changes tend to be followed by small changes.” A quantitative manifestation of this fact is that, while returns themselves are uncorrelated, absolute returns |rt| or their squares display a positive, significant and slowly decaying autocorrelation function: corr(|rt|, |rt+τ |) > 0 for τ ranging from a few minutes to a several weeks.
Volatility risk Volatility risk in financial markets is the likelihood of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. Therefore, it is a probability measure of the threat that an exchange rate movement poses to an investor's portfolio in a foreign currency.
Volatility Smile In Finance, Volatility Smile refers to the long-observed pattern in which at-the-money options tend to have lower implied volatilities than other options. The pattern displays different characteristics for different markets, and is an area of significant academic research (i.
Volbeat are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Volbeat in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Volcae The Volcae in the 2nd century BC were a large and powerful nation of southern Gaul. On etymological grounds (see Walha), they are believed to have been from Germany, originally, and later settled in southern Gaul.

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