Van

van

noun

{bc}a usually enclosed wagon or motortruck used for transportation of goods or animals

van

verb

{bc}to transport by van

van

noun

{bc}{sx|vanguard||}

van

noun

{bc}a winnowing device (such as a fan)

Van Al*len belt

noun

{bc}a belt of intense radiation in the magnetosphere composed of energetic charged particles trapped by the earthu0027s magnetic field

Van de Graaff generator

noun

{bc}an apparatus for the production of electrical discharges at high voltage commonly consisting of an insulated hollow conducting sphere that accumulates in its interior the charge continuously conveyed from a source of direct current by an endless belt of flexible nonconducting material

van der Waals forces

plural noun

{bc}the relatively weak attractive forces that act on neutral atoms and molecules and that arise because of the electric polarization induced in each of the particles by the presence of other particles

Van Al*len

biographical name

James Alfred 1914u20132006 American physicist

Van Bu*ren

biographical name

Martin 1782u20131862 vice president of the U.S. (1833u201337); 8th president of the U.S. (1837u201341)

van der Meer

biographical name

Simon 1925u20132011 Dutch physicist