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VD

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The design diving speed of an aircraft; the highest speed which the aircraft is planned to reach during flight testing. Always higher than VNE (the speed that must not be exceeded in service).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Initialism of venereal disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: STD, STI

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: venereal disease, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contagious disease, contagion

Narrower terms: genital herpes, herpes genitalis, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap, granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues, lymphogranuloma venereum, LGV, lymphopathia venereum, chlamydia

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