"MRF" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /mɜː(ɹ)f/ (note: recycling plant)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f Etymology: Initialism. Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|-}} MRF (uncountable)
  1. (India) Initialism of Madras Rubber Factory. Tags: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Madras Rubber Factory
    Sense id: en-MRF-en-name-foxWJSgO Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 31 1 12 38

Noun [English]

IPA: /mɜː(ɹ)f/ (note: recycling plant) Forms: MRFs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f Etymology: Initialism. Head templates: {{en-noun}} MRF (plural MRFs)
  1. Materials recovery facility (or materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility, multi-reuse facility): a waste recycling plant.
    Sense id: en-MRF-en-noun-bK8QEkSB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 31 1 12 38
  2. Metals retention factor.
    Sense id: en-MRF-en-noun-Yyw-z3xb
  3. Markov random field
    Sense id: en-MRF-en-noun-or2dxtjq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 31 1 12 38
  4. Myogenic regulatory transcription factors
    Sense id: en-MRF-en-noun-sU0tfYjQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 31 1 12 38

Inflected forms

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