"ACF" meaning in English

See ACF in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} ACF
  1. (UK) Initialism of Army Cadet Force. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Army Cadet Force
    Sense id: en-ACF-en-name-yZc1WxBz Categories (other): British English
  2. (object-oriented programming) Initialism of Advanced Component Framework, a C++ component framework providing a scalable architecture for very complex applications. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Advanced Component Framework (extra: a C++ component framework providing a scalable architecture for very complex applications)
    Sense id: en-ACF-en-name-HKjjBM5P Categories (other): Object-oriented programming

Noun

Forms: ACFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ACF (countable and uncountable, plural ACFs)
  1. (optics, countable) Initialism of auto-collimating flat, a type of mirror. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: auto-collimating flat (extra: a type of mirror)
    Sense id: en-ACF-en-noun-towLS9ZR Categories (other): Optics Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
  2. Initialism of asymmetric crying facies Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: asymmetric crying facies
    Sense id: en-ACF-en-noun-GjIQvU6E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 16 11 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 8 9 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 13 8 52

Inflected forms

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