via

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/ˈvaɪə/
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/ˈvaɪə/ · /ˈviː.ə/

Definition of via

7 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
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noun

  1. A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
  2. A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
  3. An electrical connection which connects two or more layers on a printed circuit board or an integrated circuit.

prep

  1. By way of; passing through.
    “They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.”
    “You can enter the building via the western gate.”
  2. By (means of); using.
    “I'll send you the information via e-mail.”
    “Under the assumptions of Proposition 5 the entropies h(τ) and H(k) are related via the following equation: […]”
    “A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.”
    “White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.”

intj

  1. (obsolete)Away! Be off!

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Possible doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.

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