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vera

/ˈvɪɹə/

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What does vera mean?

noun

  1. (slang) A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes).
  2. 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

  1. A female given name from Russian.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. 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.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
He who rejects it, rejects the vera causa of ordinary generation with subsequent migration, and calls in the agency of a miracle.
Charles DarwinOn the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #1228
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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?
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
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.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322