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via

preposition

  1. through
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪə/ / /ˈviː.ə/

intj

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare typologically Polish drogą, Russian путём (putjóm).

  1. Away! Be off!

name

  1. A surname.

noun

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.

  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

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare typologically Polish drogą, Russian путём (putjóm).

  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: […]