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AVS

AVS is the initialism of Advanced Visualization Studio.

AVS is the initialism of Alexa Voice Service.

AVS is the initialism of American Viola Society.

AVS is the initialism of AviSynth.

AVS is the initialism of Address Verification Service.

AVS is the initialism of angle of vanishing stability.

Meaning of Address Verification Service

Noun

address verification service (plural address verification services)

  1. The process of validating a cardholder's given address against the issuer's records, to determine accuracy and deter fraud. This service is provided as part of a credit card authorization for mail order/telephone order transactions. A code is returned with the authorization result that indicates the accuracy of the address match. Abbreviated: AVS.

Meaning of angle of vanishing stability

Noun

angle of vanishing stability (plural angles of vanishing stability)

  1. Synonym of limit of positive stability.

Noun capitalized: AVs

AVs

  1. (plural) plural of AV

Proper noun capitalized: Avs

the Avs pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) The Colorado Avalanche ice hockey team.
    • The Avs on home ice remain as close to invincible as a sports team can get.2025 December 19, “Avs’ home heater continues as Colorado beats Winnipeg 3-2 in chippy win”, in The Denver Post, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2025

Synonyms of AVS

Origin of AVS

The pluralization in this informal moniker is analogical to other team names with plural noun phrases.

Questions about AVS

What does AVS mean?
AVS means the Colorado Avalanche ice hockey team.
What is AVS the initialism of?
AVS is the initialism of Advanced Visualization Studio.
What part of speech is AVS?
AVS can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near AVS in the dictionary

  1. Avrils
  2. AVRs
  3. AVRT
  4. Avrămeni
  5. Avrămești
  6. AVS
  7. AVSD
  8. Avshar
  9. Avshars
  10. avsunviroid
  11. avsunviroids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: AVS (page history and authors); AVs (page history and authors); Avs (page history and authors); address verification service (page history and authors); angle of vanishing stability (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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