(sociolinguistics) A feature, either lexical or phonetical, that is correlated with extralingual factors such as the setting, speaker, addressee etc.

M31-V1: A star, a cepheid variable in Andromeda Galaxy, Local Group, Local Supercluster, Laniakea, located in the Andromeda constellation; the first variable star discovered outside the Milky Way Galaxy, and first star identified whose distance was unequivocably beyond the confines of the Milky Way.

plural of standard normal random variable

(automotive) Any of several forms of automatic transmission, without specific gears, in which the gear ratio may be changed without any noticeable steps.

plural of continuously variable transmission

(probability theory, statistics) A random variable whose probability distribution is a normal distribution.

(probability theory, statistics) A random variable whose probability distribution is a hypergeometric distribution.

(genetics) Any DNA sequence that exists in multiple copies strung together in various tandem lengths.

(probability theory, statistics) A random variable whose probability distribution is a standard normal distribution.