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vera
/ˈvɪɹə/
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What does vera mean?
noun
- (slang) A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes).
- A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the risk-free interest rate, or equivalently the rate of change of rho with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.
proper noun
- A female given name from Russian.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A surname from Spanish.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɪɹə/
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Across the river in Vera Cruz, from very slight mention, we gather that, substantially, the same kind of ruins occur.
He who rejects it, rejects the vera causa of ordinary generation with subsequent migration, and calls in the agency of a miracle.
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By what lines of reasoning and research was he brought to regard "natural selection" as a vera causa in the process of evolution?
I may cite in support of this consideration the example of the ascent from the port of Vera Cruz to the elevated plain of Mexico.