"ADF" meaning in English

See ADF in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} ADF
  1. (US) Initialism of African Development Foundation. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: African Development Foundation
    Sense id: en-ADF-en-name-7pBFTMZn Categories (other): American English
  2. Initialism of Alliance Defending Freedom. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Alliance Defending Freedom Related terms: INS, MLS, ILS, VOR
    Sense id: en-ADF-en-name-MCX0Q96V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 22 10 6 20 14 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 30 8 2 19 16 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 25 8 2 20 16 26

Noun

Forms: ADFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ADF (plural ADFs)
  1. (aviation) Initialism of automatic direction finder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: automatic direction finder
    Sense id: en-ADF-en-noun-mXSkuZlR Categories (other): Aviation, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 22 10 6 20 14 21 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. Initialism of automatic document feeder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: automatic document feeder
    Sense id: en-ADF-en-noun-1OkYdnLj
  3. (software) Initialism of Application Development Framework (of Oracle) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Application Development Framework (extra: of Oracle)
    Sense id: en-ADF-en-noun-4Pu1Z-mf Categories (other): Software, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 22 10 6 20 14 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 25 8 2 20 16 26 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

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