"CFL" meaning in All languages combined

See CFL on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop}} CFL
  1. Initialism of Canadian Football League. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Canadian Football League Translations (Canadian Football League): LCF [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-CFL-en-name-4eqUpmSl

Noun [English]

Forms: CFLs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CFL (plural CFLs)
  1. Initialism of compact fluorescent lamp. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: compact fluorescent lamp
    Sense id: en-CFL-en-noun-FVemq-Qm
  2. Initialism of context-free language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: context-free language Categories (topical): Canadian football, Light sources, Mercury (element)
    Sense id: en-CFL-en-noun-dzOSY6aN Disambiguation of Canadian football: 25 20 51 4 Disambiguation of Light sources: 2 29 64 5 Disambiguation of Mercury (element): 3 23 67 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 23 69 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 28 69 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 26 66 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 27 66 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 31 64 5
  3. (physics) Initialism of color–flavor locking. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: color–flavor locking Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-CFL-en-noun-H5mZz24F Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: CCFL (english: cold-cathode fluorescent lamp)

Inflected forms

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