Definitions for cf

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

CF

  1. Christian female.

    Category:

  2. cystic fibrosis.

    Category: Pathology

Cf*

  1. californium.

    Category: Chemistry

* Chem. Symbol..

cf.

  1. Bookbinding. calf.

    Category: Printing, Business

  2. center fielder.

    Category: Sport

  3. compare.

Origin of cf.:

< L confer

C.F.

or c.f.

  1. cost and freight.

    Category: Business

Princeton's WordNet

  1. californium, Cf, atomic number 98(noun)

    a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

  2. cystic fibrosis, CF, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, pancreatic fibrosis, mucoviscidosis(adverb)

    the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known

  3. cf., cf(adverb)

    compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)

Wiktionary

  1. CF(Abbreviation)

    cf. - from Latin: confer, 'compare'

  2. Origin: From confer.


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