| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| CAV | Computer-Aided Verification |
| CAV | Cavalry |
| CAV | Constant Angular Velocity |
| CAV | Cavity |
| CAV | Caveolin |
| CAV | Constant Air Volume |
| CAV | Canine Adenovirus |
| CAV | Contrat d'Avenir (French: Future Contract; employment contract) |
| CAV | Common Aero Vehicle |
| CAV | Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy |
| CAV | Chicken Anemia Virus |
| CAV | Collision Avoidance System |
| CAV | Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Vincristine |
| CAV | Coalition Anti-Vivisection (Belgium) |
| CAV | Commercial Asset Visibility |
| CAV | Centre Alexis Vautrin (French: Alexis Vautrin Center; est. 1924; Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France) |
| CAV | Composite Armored Vehicle |
| CAV | Cumulative Absolute Velocity (seismology) |
| CAV | Confrérie des Amateurs de Vapeur (French: Brotherhood of Steam Enthusiasts) |
| CAV | Component Averaging (numerical technique for solving large sparse linear systems) |
| CAV | Colegio de Arquitectos de Venezuela (Spanish: Venezuela Association of Architects) |
| CAV | Common Aerospace Vehicle |
| CAV | Centro Ecuménico Antonio Valdivieso (Antonio Valdivieso Ecumenical Centre) |
| CAV | Computer Assisted Valuation (real property) |
| CAV | Central Africa Vision |
| CAV | Compound Accreted Value |
| CAV | Campo de Visão (Portugese) |
| CAV | Chick Anemia Virus |
| CAV | Corrective Action Verification |
| CAV | Centre Astronomique Vendéen (French: Vendéen Astronomical Center; Vendée, France) |
| CAV | Club d'Aviron Vésenaz (French: Rowing Club Vésenaz; Vésenaz, Switzerland) |
| CAV | Command Assault Vehicle |
| CAV | Crack Arrest Verification |
| CAV | Combat Autonomous Vehicle |
| CAV | Club Automodélisme de Viglain (French: Auto-Modeler Club of Viglain; Viglain, France) |
| CAV | Command Authority Violation |
| CAV | Contrat Assurance Vie (French: Life Insurance Contract) |
| CAV | Consolidated Adjustment Voucher |
| CAV | Champagne Audiovisuel (French: Champagne Audiovisual; Cormontreuil, France) |
| CAV | Computer Aided Vexillology |
| CAV | Computer Audio Video (music system) |
| CAV | Centre d'Art Visuel (French: Visual Art Center; France and Switzerland) |