"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, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 34 17 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 36 20 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 29 23 4 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, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 34 17 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 36 20 5

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-m-QXSqop Disambiguation of Chlorine: 27 22 47 4 Disambiguation of Fluorine: 29 24 43 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 34 17 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 36 20 5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chlorofluorocarbon': 0 0 100 0
  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 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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