"FOIL" meaning in English

See FOIL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-FOIL.wav
Etymology: Acronym of first outer inner last or similar. Etymology templates: {{acronym|en|first outer inner last}} Acronym of first outer inner last Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} FOIL
  1. (mnemonic) An acronym for the algorithm for multiplying two binomials. Tags: mnemonic
    Sense id: en-FOIL-en-name-4SKuFTwn Categories (other): English mnemonics, English entries with incorrect language header, English mnemonics, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English mnemonics: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Algebra Disambiguation of Algebra: 0 0

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-FOIL.wav Forms: FOILs [present, singular, third-person], FOILing [participle, present], FOILed [participle, past], FOILed [past]
Etymology: Acronym of first outer inner last or similar. Etymology templates: {{acronym|en|first outer inner last}} Acronym of first outer inner last Head templates: {{en-verb}} FOIL (third-person singular simple present FOILs, present participle FOILing, simple past and past participle FOILed)
  1. (transitive) To apply the FOIL algorithm to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-FOIL-en-verb-VJZ6hP7F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Algebra Disambiguation of Algebra: 0 0

Inflected forms

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