"CFC" meaning in English

See CFC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} CFC
  1. (soccer) Initialism of Chelsea Football Club. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Chelsea Football Club Categories (topical): Football (soccer)
    Sense id: en-CFC-en-name-ivEUJO4d Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 23 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 34 30 10 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
  2. (US) Initialism of Combined Federal Campaign. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Combined Federal Campaign
    Sense id: en-CFC-en-name-tiUuBSNX Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 23 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 34 30 10

Noun

Forms: CFCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CFC (plural CFCs)
  1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of chlorofluorocarbon, a class of molecules containing chlorine, fluorine and carbon atoms Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: chlorofluorocarbon (extra: a class of molecules containing chlorine, fluorine and carbon atoms) Categories (topical): Organic chemistry, Chlorine, Fluorine Synonyms (chlorofluorocarbon): CFK [rare]
    Sense id: en-CFC-en-noun-6xSElCgt Disambiguation of Chlorine: 21 24 51 5 Disambiguation of Fluorine: 22 25 47 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 23 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 34 30 10 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chlorofluorocarbon': 11 8 78 3
  2. (business) Initialism of controlled foreign corporation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: controlled foreign corporation Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-CFC-en-noun-DsUlqOOk Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 34 30 10 Topics: business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chlorocarbon, fluorocarbon, halocarbon, HC, HCFC, HFC

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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