BV

BV, B.V., Bv, bV, or bv may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Backing vocal, in music, a vocal harmony with the lead vocalist provided by one or more backing vocalists
Busoni-Verzeichnis, a catalogue of compositions by Ferruccio Busoni

Beaulieu Vineyard, a Napa Valley winery
Besloten vennootschap, a type of Dutch or Belgian private limited liability company. Dutch for "private company", similar to the American concept of a limited liability company.
Bicycle Victoria, an Australian bicycle advocacy organisation
Black & Veatch, a U.S.-based engineering, consulting and construction company
Blue Panorama Airlines (IATA airline designator)
Bottega Veneta, a manufacturer of luxury leather goods
Bureau Veritas, a testing, inspection, and certification company (stock symbol BV)

Bacterial vaginosis, the most common cause of vaginal infection
Belch Vocalizations, the most common form of intra-group communication among the mountain gorilla
Biological value, a measure of the proportion of absorbed protein from a food which becomes incorporated into the proteins of the organism's body
Binocular vision, vision in which both eyes are used together
Blood vessel, part of the circulatory system that transports blood throughout the body
Biovar, a rank below species often written as bv.

Batalin–Vilkovisky formalism, a concept in mathematical physics to construct gauge theories
Bounded variation, a concept in mathematical analysis
Bounding volume, in computer graphics and computational geometry, a closed volume that completely contains the union of objects in the set

Bavarian B V, early German 2-4-0 type of locomotive of the Royal Bavarian State Railways
Bed volume, the volume of material in a vessel (e.g. of a catalyst in a vessel, or stationary phase in column chromatography)
Boiling vessel, equipment provided to an armoured vehicle for heating food or water (chiefly British)
Breakdown voltage, the minimum voltage that causes an insulator to become electrically conductive
Lohner B.V, a variant of the Lohner B.II military reconnaissance aircraft

Voiced labiodental affricate (⟨b̪͡v⟩, ⟨b̪͜v⟩, or ⟨b̪v⟩), a type of consonant sound

Bella Vista, Arkansas
Bouvet Island, an uninhabited South Atlantic sub-Antarctic volcanic island
- .bv, the inactive ccTLD for Bouvet Island

Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic), Mary, mother of Jesus, as venerated in the Roman Catholic Church
Book value, in accounting, the value of an asset according to its balance sheet account balance
Bronze Star Medal with Valor
Bysshe Vanolis, pen-name of Scottish poet James Thomson
Swiss Federal Constitution, abbreviated as BV for its German name Bundesverfassung der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft