"EF" meaning in English

See EF in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} EF (not comparable)
  1. (philately) Initialism of extremely fine or extra fine; also XF. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: extremely fine or extra fine (extra: also XF)
    Sense id: en-EF-en-adj-1kk1diuy Categories (other): Philately Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

Proper name

Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} EF
  1. (computing, Microsoft) Initialism of Entity Framework, an open-source ORM framework. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Entity Framework (extra: an open-source ORM framework)
  2. (Canada, US, meteorology) Followed by a number from 0 to 5: initialism of Enhanced Fujita, a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale used to indicate the intensity of a tornado. It has superseded the Fujita scale. Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-EF-en-name-f3c-Ym7v Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Meteorology Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  3. (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Extraordinary Form. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Extraordinary Form
    Sense id: en-EF-en-name-6y3-bpVk Categories (other): Roman Catholicism, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 6 12 35 17 9 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 6 12 37 19 10 3 10 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 12 18 42 22 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism

Noun

Forms: EFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} EF (plural EFs)
  1. (medicine, cardiology) Initialism of ejection fraction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: ejection fraction
    Sense id: en-EF-en-noun-fue7~ifD Categories (other): Cardiology, Medicine Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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