| vidicon |
a small, highly sensitive television camera tube that forms an image on a photoconductive surface that is then scanned with an electron beam. |
| vie |
to compete with another for victory, superiority, or the like (usu. fol. by "for"). |
| Vienna |
the capital of Austria. |
| Vientiane |
the capital of Laos. |
| Vietcong |
a nationalistic, communist guerrilla force in Vietnam that fought to overthrow the South Vietnamese government with the help and support of North Vietnam during 1954-75. [2 definitions] |
| Vietminh |
a Vietnamese organization, formed in 1941 by a coalition of nationalists and communists, that sought independence from domination by the Japanese and the French. [2 definitions] |
| Vietnam |
a Southeast Asian country in eastern Indochina on the South China Sea; Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
| Vietnamese |
a citizen or inhabitant of Vietnam, or a descendant thereof. [3 definitions] |
| Vietnam War |
a war (1954-1975) between the communist Viet Cong forces supported by North Vietnam, China, and Russia and the non-communist government forces supported by South Vietnam and the U.S., which ended with the unification of Vietnam under communist North Vietnam. |
| view |
the act of looking at or observing; visual inspection; survey. [7 definitions] |
| viewable |
combined form of view. |
| viewer |
one who views, esp. a spectator or person who watches television. [2 definitions] |
| viewfinder |
a device on a camera that indicates to the photographer what will appear in the photograph. |
| viewless |
having or providing no view. [2 definitions] |
| viewpoint |
a place or spot that allows a particular range of sight. [2 definitions] |
| vigesimal |
twentieth. [3 definitions] |
| vigil |
a watch or period of surveillance, esp. one kept during normal sleeping hours. [2 definitions] |
| vigilance |
a condition or quality of being alert and attentive; watchfulness. |
| vigilance committee |
a group of citizens that illegally assumes authority to punish crime because of dissatisfaction with or absence of the usual law-enforcement agencies. |
| vigilant |
keenly alert and attentive; watchful, esp. for danger. |
| vigilante |
one who seeks to avenge a crime or injury or to punish a suspected criminal without legal authority or due process. |