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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Cf |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
cf. | English | Confer | Language |
cf. | Latin | Conferatur | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: CF. |
| Specialty definitions using "CF.": conidioma ♦ episporium, exosporium ♦ pH-value, placodiomorph, polarilocular, primary species ♦ secondary species, stay-up pressure suit, submuriform. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CF." is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (conf., confer). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Based on this observation, a scientist working at NIDDK forty years ago developed a sweat test to diagnose CF. This test is still the standard for diagnosis. (references) | |
In addition to the pancreas, abnormalities are seen in other parts of the gastrointestinal tract in CF. The bile ducts in the liver may be affected, causing biliary cirrhosis in a small percentage of patients. (references) | ||
Genetic testing for CF should begin with education concerning CF. It should be clear that the patient has received the material and has had an opportunity for questions to be answered before testing is undertaken. (references) | ||
Trade | Argentina | Decree 803/2001 also includes two lists of exemptions to the application of the CF. For a copy of this list, contact the U.S. Commercial Service in Buenos Aires at Buenos.Aires.Office.Box@mail.doc.gov. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CF." is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 99.56% of the time. "CF." is used about 229 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 99.56% | 228 | 19,909 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.44% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 229 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "CF.": cf. tidal datum ♦ cf. tidal plane of reference. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "CF."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | é"Žã€‚. (various references) | |
Scottish | cliopach (halt in speech: cf. English clip words), cloidhean (the pitch of the box-tree or any shrub tree. Cf. glaoghan), faileagan (little lawns: cf. à ilean), aillean (elecampane: cf. Greek @Ge`lenÃon), aolmann (ointment: founded on the English ointment. Cf. iarmailt), balcach (splay-footed. Cf. Greek @Gfolkós), buaill (place for resting and milking. Cf. Norse ból), à ilean (a green, a green: *ag-li-? Cf. Latin ager, meadow), diorachd (ability: Cf. Irish dÃr), urcag (thole pin. Cf. à rcan), fuaidne (loose pins of warping stakes. Cf. Old Irish fuat), iod (alas! Cf. English tut. Also ud), muillean (a husk, a truss: cf. Scottish mullio, million), muinne (stomach. Cf. mionach), plam (anything curdled: cf. Breton plommein), spùidsear (baling ladle: cf. English spudge), tairis (compassionate, kind, tender-hearted, the dairymaid's cry to calm a cow: cf. Old Irish tairissim), daigeil (firm or well-built- Arg. Cf. daingean). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| 1. Crosswords 2. Quotations: Non-fiction 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Abbreviations 7. Acronyms 8. Bibliography |
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