XUV

English

Noun

XUV (countable and uncountable, plural XUVs)

2. (uncountable, physics) Abbreviation of extreme ultraviolet.
4. (countable, automotive) Initialism of crossover utility vehicle or crossover sport utility vehicle.
   • 2006, Raj Madhavan, Elena R. Messina, James Sacra Albus, Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach, →ISBN, page 274:

     For example, positive obstacles such as fallen trees directly along the prescribed path would high-center the vehicle and negative obstacles such as culverts near certain intersections in the Urban course went undetected and became hazards for the XUV.

Synonyms

• (ultraviolet): EUV (extreme ultraviolet)
• (crossover): CUV (crossover utility vehicle)

Hypernyms

• (ultraviolet): UV (ultraviolet)
• (crossover): SUV (sport utility vehicle)

Related terms

(ultraviolet):

• UV
• UVA / UV A / UV-A
• UVB / UV B / UV-B
• UVC / UV C / UV-C
• DUV
• NUV
• MUV
• FUV

(crossover):

• SUV (sport utility vehicle)
• CUV (compact utility vehicle)