Category: V

  • Vibration sense

    The ability to feel vibrations against various parts of the body. Vibration sense is tested (with a tuning fork) as part of the sensory portion of the neurologic exam.  

  • Volumizer

    Styling product that adds volume, especially at the base, when wet hair is blown dry.  

  • Volume-base curls

    Thermal curls placed very high on their base; provide maximum lift or volume.  

  • Vision statement

    A long-term picture of what the business is to become and what it will look like when it gets there.  

  • Visible spectrum of light

    The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be seen. Visible light makes up only 35 percent of natural sunlight.  

  • Visible braid

    Three-strand braid that is created using an underhand technique.  

  • Vertical lines

    Lines that are straight up and down; create length and height in hair design.  

  • Variable resistance exercise

    Variable resistance exercise is exercise in which the force needed to move a weight is changed to provide a maximum load throughout the range of motion. Using Nautilus machines is an example.  

  • Vulcan

    A hypothetical planet in the solar system that was thought to orbit closer to the Sun than Mercury. In the early 1800s, there were many reports of black objects passing across the face of the Sun, presumed to be the profiles of small planets. Early 19th-century observations were sufficiently positive to encourage leading French astronomer…

  • Voodoo

    The name given to the religious beliefs and the practice of Magic of certain sub-Saharan African peoples, also called vodou and vodun. (All three terms come from a West African word meaning “god” or “spirit.”) During the days of the slave trade, Voodoo was carried to the southern United States and the West Indies, especially…