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VAGRANCY – a general term for a class of minor
offenses such as idleness without employment,
having no visible means of support.

VALIDITY – the extent to which the conclusions
reached are credible and plausible.

VAPOR DENSITY – the weight of volume of pure gas
composed to the weight of a volume of dry air on
the same temperature and pressure.

VAPOR PRESSURE – when a liquid is heated in a
container, the molecules in a liquid state escape to
form gaseous molecules. The gas molecules on the
surface strike one another as well as the walls of
the container and may return to the liquid state. It
is also the forced exerted by the molecules on the
surface of the liquid at equilibrium.

VAULT - heavily constructed fire and burglar
resistance container usually a part of the building
structure used to keep and protect cash,
documents and negotiable instruments. Vaults are
bigger than safe but smaller than a file room.

VELLUM – are writing materials from fine skins from
young calves used for all kind of parchment
manuscripts, it became the most important writing
material for bookmaking, while parchment
continued for special manuscripts.

VELOCITY – the rate of speed of the bullet per unit
of time.

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