"ADF" meaning in English

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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 Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-ADF-en-noun-mXSkuZlR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 3 27 26 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 27 28 32 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) Categories (topical): Software Related terms: INS, MLS, ILS, VOR
    Sense id: en-ADF-en-noun-4Pu1Z-mf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 3 27 26 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 2 34 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 27 28 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

Inflected forms

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